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Living and non-living things – practice for Years 1–3

Sample questions on Living and non-living things with the right answer and a worked solution, from easy to hard. In the Pickles Academy app a child gets new questions of the same kind every time, so they can't just learn the answers by heart.

Subject
Nature and society
Year
Years 1–3
Curriculum area
Variety of nature

Question types: Choose the right option

Rule: Living and non-living things

Living things grow, breathe, need food and have young: plants, fungi, animals and people.

Non-living things do not grow or breathe: stone, water, air, sand, soil, snow, a cloud.

Example: A hedgehog, a blackbird and an earthworm are animals. A dandelion, a spruce and a carrot are plants. A stone is not alive.

Watch out: A cloud moves, but it is not alive. A tree does not move about, but it is alive: it grows.

Sample questions

  1. Question 1 Easy

    Which of these is non-living?

    1. A) hedgehog
    2. B) daisy
    3. C) squirrel
    4. D) soil
    5. E) spruce
    Show the solution
    Answer: D) soil

    How it works: hedgehog – animal; daisy – plant; squirrel – animal; soil – non-living; spruce – plant

  2. Question 2 Normal

    Which of these is a plant?

    1. A) sand
    2. B) carrot
    3. C) hedgehog
    4. D) cloud
    5. E) frog
    Show the solution
    Answer: B) carrot

    How it works: sand – non-living; carrot – plant; hedgehog – animal; cloud – non-living; frog – animal

  3. Question 3 Hard

    Which of these is an animal?

    1. A) grass
    2. B) spruce
    3. C) snow
    4. D) water
    5. E) carp
    Show the solution
    Answer: E) carp

    How it works: grass – plant; spruce – plant; snow – non-living; water – non-living; carp – animal

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