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Science Quiz - Living Things - Living, Non-Living or Dead (Questions)

Enjoyable Quiz for Children Aged 5 to 7

This quiz addresses the requirements of the National Curriculum KS1 Science for children aged 5 and 6 in years 1 and 2. Specifically this quiz is aimed at the section dealing with the differences between living, non-living and dead things.

In science people find things out about the world around them. Scientists find out about living things - plants and animals. At school, some things are living - you are and so is your teacher. But some things are not alive like the chair you are sitting on. Some things were once alive but are now dead. Other things were never alive and so are not dead but instead are called non-living. Let's find out more about living and non-living things.

1. Which one of these is alive?
[ ] Chair
[ ] Table
[ ] Dog
[ ] House
2. What about these four? Which one of these is a living thing?
[ ] Sunflower
[ ] Stone
[ ] Rock
[ ] Brick
3. These horses are running. What are the horses doing?
[ ] Eating
[ ] Talking
[ ] Sleeping
[ ] Moving
4. Jacob is eating a sandwich. Jacob eats his food. Which of these things eats food?
[ ] Flowers
[ ] Trees
[ ] Grass
[ ] Animals
5. How will the boy get to be as tall as his father?
[ ] The boy will read
[ ] The boy will talk
[ ] The boy will grow
[ ] The boy will watch television
6. What is the plant doing?
[ ] Walking
[ ] Talking
[ ] Growing
[ ] Eating
7. Which of these is NOT a living thing?
[ ] Teddy Bear
[ ] Cow
[ ] Lion
[ ] Elephant
8. Molly is pretending to feed her doll. Why can the doll not eat the food?
[ ] The doll is not a living thing
[ ] The doll is full up
[ ] The doll does not like porridge
[ ] The doll is poorly
9. Look at the picture carefully. How do we know the bear is alive?
[ ] The bear is catching its food
[ ] There are fish in the river
[ ] The water is wet
[ ] The bear is brown
10. The mother is feeding her baby. How do you know the baby is NOT a doll?
[ ] The baby is small
[ ] The baby eats her food
[ ] The baby has hair
[ ] The baby has big eyes

You can find more about this topic by visiting BBC Bitesize - Dead, living and non-living

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Science Quiz - Living Things - Living, Non-Living or Dead (Answers)
1. Which one of these is alive?
[ ] Chair
[ ] Table
[x] Dog
[ ] House
People live in your house. But the house is not a living thing. Houses are made from bricks and stone
2. What about these four? Which one of these is a living thing?
[x] Sunflower
[ ] Stone
[ ] Rock
[ ] Brick
Don’t forget - it’s not just animals that are living things. Plants are living things, too!
3. These horses are running. What are the horses doing?
[ ] Eating
[ ] Talking
[ ] Sleeping
[x] Moving
Animals can move about. Horses can run. Birds can fly. Fish can swim
4. Jacob is eating a sandwich. Jacob eats his food. Which of these things eats food?
[ ] Flowers
[ ] Trees
[ ] Grass
[x] Animals
That’s right - animals eat to get their food. Have you ever seen a plant eating a sandwich?
5. How will the boy get to be as tall as his father?
[ ] The boy will read
[ ] The boy will talk
[x] The boy will grow
[ ] The boy will watch television
All animals grow when they are young. Plants grow, too!
6. What is the plant doing?
[ ] Walking
[ ] Talking
[x] Growing
[ ] Eating
That’s right - all living things grow when they are young - plants and animals
7. Which of these is NOT a living thing?
[x] Teddy Bear
[ ] Cow
[ ] Lion
[ ] Elephant
This teddy bear is cuddly, but he doesn’t really eat, sleep or walk
8. Molly is pretending to feed her doll. Why can the doll not eat the food?
[x] The doll is not a living thing
[ ] The doll is full up
[ ] The doll does not like porridge
[ ] The doll is poorly
Playing with dolls is good fun. But dolls are not living things
9. Look at the picture carefully. How do we know the bear is alive?
[x] The bear is catching its food
[ ] There are fish in the river
[ ] The water is wet
[ ] The bear is brown
They are all true! But which one tells us the bear is alive? The bear catches fish. It eats fish. The bear has to eat food to stay alive
10. The mother is feeding her baby. How do you know the baby is NOT a doll?
[ ] The baby is small
[x] The baby eats her food
[ ] The baby has hair
[ ] The baby has big eyes
You can play with dolls. You can pretend to feed them. But dolls cannot really eat food. Dolls are not living things. Babies are living things, just like you