1. different from nonliving
How are living things
different from nonliving
things?
I am going to be talking to you about the difference between living and nonliving things.

2. Unit Questions What is a living thing? What is a nonliving thing?
What are similarities between living and nonliving things?
What is the difference between manmade and natural?
A few questions that my unit will cover are: What is a living thing? What is a nonliving thing? What are similarities between living and nonliving things? What is the difference between manmade and natural? By the end of this presentation, you should be able to answer these questions.

3. Science: Living vs. Nonliving
By: Leslee Miller
My name is LesLee Miller, and my unit is on science: living vs. nonliving.

4. Overview Living Things Nonliving Things Similarities
Manmade vs. Natural
Quiz
Resources
An overview of what I will discuss is living things, nonliving things, similarities, manmade vs. natural, quiz, and resources.

5. Living Things Having life Motion of nature 5 attributes: Light Air
Food
Water
Space
Synonyms:
Active
Working
Operative
Living things…A living thing is something that has life and is a movement of nature. Living things must contain five attributes in order to be called living things: light, air, good, water, and space. Three synonyms for living are active, working, and operative. In this picture, you can see many living things such as: trees, birds, and grass.

6. Nonliving Things Non – not, reverse of Lacks the 5 attributes
Synonyms:
Dead
Lifeless
Breathless
Nonliving things…Non means not or the reverse of. If something does not contain the five attributes previously listed, then it is nonliving. A few synonyms of nonliving would be dead, lifeless, and breathless. By looking at the picture, one can see a few nonliving things: airplane, screwdriver, wrench, tack, car, pencil, paperclip, etc.

7. Similarities Living things = MRS NERG Movement Reproduction
Sensitivity
Nutrition
Excretion
Response
Growth
Some apply to nonliving things
Although living and nonliving things are very different, they have a few similarities. An acronym for living things is MRS NERG which represents movement, reproduction, sensitivity, nutrition, excretion, response, and growth. Some of these attributes apply also to nonliving things. For example, a car can move, it is sensitive to its sensors, it excretes exhaust, and it also responds to a driver. A computer is also sensitive to touch, and it also responds to buttons and clicks. A telephone in the same manner moves when ringing, is sensitive to touch, and it also responds to a call. On the other hand, a book or a pencil holder do not possess any of these qualities. Therefore, although a nonliving thing may possess some of these living qualities; unless it possesses them all, it remains nonliving.

8. Manmade vs. Natural
Manmade - manufactured, created, or constructed by human beings
Natural - being in concordance with or determined by nature
Manmade ~ Nonliving
Natural ~ Living
Comparing something natural to something manmade is almost synonymous to comparing living to nonliving. Something that is manmade is manufactured, created, or constructed by a human being. On the other hand, something natural is something in concordance with or determined by nature. Although men take natural things and try to manipulate them into being manmade, they remain natural. So it is with living and nonliving things.

9. Quiz
Now, let us take a quiz to see if you can distinguish between which pictures are living things and which are nonliving things. (I would then call on different people to answer each picture and tell why.)

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Resources
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These are the resources I used to compile this presentation. To find out more about living and nonliving things, all you have to do is click the yellow bubble! Does anyone have any questions?