DIFFERENTIATE LIVING AND NONLIVING THINGS

Activity No. 1
DIFFERENTIATE LIVING AND NONLIVING THINGS

I. Materials
Colored magazines
Scissor
Glue / paste

II. Procedure
1. From the magazines that you have, select pictures that you think shows characteristics of living and nonliving things.
2. Collect and separate cut-out pictures of at least five living and five nonliving things then paste them on your activity sheet. Examine your collection.
3. Make a list of specimen to be studied by preparing the table below to present your observations.
4. Determine the characteristics possesses by each specimen, based on the table. Record your answer as “YES” or “NO” or “NOT SURE” on the boxes.

III. Data and Observation

CHARACTERISTICS
Does move Does eat Does breath Does grow Does reproduce Does possess energy
SPECIMENS
Living Things
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Nonliving Things
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

IV. Analysis
1. Can nonliving things demonstrate some characteristics of living things?


2. Is life possible without the interaction between living and non-living things? Why?


3. Why do you think the study of living things as in Biology, important?