Year 6 Science — Living and non-living

1.Avadhi finds a shell lying still on the sand. What does her mother tell her about it?

• a) It stopped being living once it stopped moving
• b) Shells are empty by the time they reach the shore
• c) It is a stone that looks like a shell
• d) It may be part of the body of a living snail

2.A car moves along a road. Why does the chapter still put it in the non-living group?

• a) It does not grow, and it cannot produce another car
• b) It was made in a factory rather than born
• c) It moves too fast to be living
• d) It runs on fuel instead of on food

3.A mosquito's life cycle joins up, so start it from the egg and put the four stages in order from there.

• Egg
• Larva
• Adult
• Pupa

4.A frog's life cycle joins up too. Start from the eggs and put the four stages in order from there.

• Eggs
• Adult frog
• Froglet
• Tadpole

5.The touch-me-not folds its leaves when you brush against them. What does that show?

• a) The leaves have died at that moment
• b) Plants respond to stimuli, as animals do
• c) The plant is trying to move somewhere else
• d) The plant is excreting

6.Anything that prompts a living being to respond has a one-word name. What is it?

7.Tap the part of this germinating seed that grows downwards.

8.Match each word to what it means.