We can recognize living things because they share the following characteristics:
- They are born. All living things come from other living things.
Chicks are hatching from eggs.
- They eat. All living things need food. The type of food may vary.
The squirrel is eating a nut.
- They grow. All living things increase in size during their lifetime. Sometimes they change appearance.
Plants growing.
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- They react. Living things can perceive what is going on around them, and they react to what they perceive.
A zebra running away from a hungry lion.
- They reproduce. Living things can create offspring similar to themselves.
A mother, a father and their baby.
- They die. At some time, all living things stop functioning and cease to live.
Dead trees in a desert.
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