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Living & Non-Living Things — Practice Worksheet
Name: ____________________
Roll No.: __________
Date: ____________
General Instructions
- All questions are compulsory.
- Choose the correct option (A, B, C or D) for each question.
- The answer key is at the end — try the paper first!
Section A — Multiple Choice (1 mark each)
15 × 1 = 15 marks
1.
Both a plant and a dog are living because they both…
- A.Are the same colour
- B.Grow, need food and make young ones
- C.Can talk
- D.Are made of metal
2.
Living things can…
- A.Grow and move on their own
- B.Never change
- C.Only sit still
- D.Be made in a factory
3.
Wood comes from a tree, so wood was once…
- A.Plastic
- B.A rock
- C.Made in a factory
- D.Living
4.
How can we decide if something is living?
- A.Check its colour
- B.Check if it grows, feeds and makes young
- C.Check its weight
- D.Check its price
5.
An ant is…
- A.Living
- B.Non-living
- C.A machine
- D.A rock
6.
Without water, a living thing will…
- A.Stay the same
- B.Grow faster
- C.Turn to stone
- D.Become weak and may die
7.
Living things need food because it gives them…
- A.Energy to live and grow
- B.A nice colour
- C.A loud sound
- D.Nothing
8.
Living things also need a safe ___ to live in.
- A.Home (shelter)
- B.Toy
- C.Car
- D.Game
9.
Non-living things cannot…
- A.Be coloured
- B.Be moved by us
- C.Grow on their own
- D.Be heavy
10.
Which was NEVER alive?
- A.A paper sheet
- B.A wooden chair
- C.A cotton shirt
- D.A stone
11.
All living things need ___ to live.
- A.Food, water and air
- B.Toys
- C.Money
- D.Phones
12.
A toy car moves only when…
- A.It grows legs
- B.It feels like it
- C.It eats food
- D.We push it or switch it on
13.
A pencil is…
- A.Living
- B.Non-living
- C.An animal
- D.A plant
14.
Why do we say a leather bag is once-living?
- A.Leather comes from an animal's skin
- B.It is brown
- C.It is soft
- D.It is costly
15.
Which of these is non-living?
- A.A cat
- B.A table
- C.A bird
- D.A tree
Section B — Challenge / Olympiad (2 marks each)
5 × 2 = 10 marks
16.
Fish need air too. They take it from…
- A.Rocks
- B.The sky
- C.The sand
- D.The air mixed in water, using gills
17.
A robot toy can talk and move, yet it is non-living because it…
- A.Is plastic
- B.Is small
- C.Cannot grow or make young ones
- D.Is colourful
18.
A plant cannot walk, yet it is living. Why?
- A.It is tall
- B.It is green
- C.It grows, feeds and makes seeds
- D.It has no roots
19.
Sort these: stone, cotton, plastic. Which was once-living?
- A.Stone
- B.Cotton (from a plant)
- C.Plastic
- D.All of them
20.
The Sun gives light and seems powerful, but it is…
- A.An animal
- B.Living
- C.Non-living
- D.A plant
Answer Key
Section A — Multiple Choice (1 mark each)
- (B) Grow, need food and make young ones
- (A) Grow and move on their own
- (D) Living
- (B) Check if it grows, feeds and makes young
- (A) Living
- (D) Become weak and may die
- (A) Energy to live and grow
- (A) Home (shelter)
- (C) Grow on their own
- (D) A stone
- (A) Food, water and air
- (D) We push it or switch it on
- (B) Non-living
- (A) Leather comes from an animal's skin
- (B) A table
Section B — Challenge / Olympiad (2 marks each)
- (D) The air mixed in water, using gills
- (C) Cannot grow or make young ones
- (C) It grows, feeds and makes seeds
- (B) Cotton (from a plant)
- (C) Non-living
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