Characteristics of Living Things
Directions: Fill out the chart below using items from the list of living things we created. If each characteristic does not
apply, the item is not living (and alive), so you must decide wheter it is then either dead or nonliving.
Cellular | Chemicals | Energy | Response to | Growth and |Reproduction| Living,
Item | Organization| of Life Use | Surroundings | Development Dead, or
Nonliving?
Dog a: Y J ZS. Vv Vf: Living
v Viv iv v | ing |
SV eV eee eA VY living
vf v Vv Vv vo Living
V v Vv Vv v v Livin
Jv Jf Vv Vv v V Livia
m WK K NK ___|Non=livin
MA A A ~*~ INon- livia
yy A Non-ilve
: K K INon=hivi
KA A ~K A oA A Ivan —tvid
v J x % Read