🔬 Class 2 Science – Chapter 1: Living and Non-Living Things
🔹 1. Introduction
The world is made up of living things and non-living things.
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Living things grow, move, breathe, eat, and reproduce.
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Non-living things do not grow, move on their own, eat, or breathe.
💡 Example:
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Living: Dog, Cat, Tree, Human
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Non-living: Rock, Chair, Water, Toy
🔹 2. Characteristics of Living Things
1️⃣ Growth: Living things grow.
2️⃣ Movement: They can move on their own.
3️⃣ Respiration: They breathe.
4️⃣ Nutrition: They eat food to get energy.
5️⃣ Reproduction: They give birth to babies or produce seeds.
6️⃣ Sensitivity: They respond to changes in their surroundings.
🔹 3. Characteristics of Non-Living Things
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Do not grow
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Do not breathe
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Do not eat food
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Cannot move on their own
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Do not reproduce
💡 Example: Table, Pencil, Stone
🔹 4. Plants and Animals are Living Things
Plants 🌳
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Make their own food using sunlight (Photosynthesis)
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Cannot move from one place to another
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Example: Mango tree, Rose, Sunflower
Animals 🐶
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Eat plants or other animals for food
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Can move from place to place
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Example: Dog, Cat, Elephant
🔹 5. Non-Living Things Around Us
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Found everywhere: At home, school, playground, and streets
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Examples: Chair, Pen, Bottle, Car, Rock
💡 Tip: If it does not eat, grow, or reproduce — it is non-living.
🧩 Exercise / MCQs
1️⃣ Which of these is a living thing?
(a) Rock
(b) Dog
(c) Chair
(d) Car
✅ Answer: (b) Dog
2️⃣ Which of these does not breathe?
(a) Fish
(b) Plant
(c) Stone
(d) Human
✅ Answer: (c) Stone
3️⃣ Plants make their own ______.
(a) Water
(b) Food
(c) Chair
(d) Clothes
✅ Answer: (b) Food
4️⃣ Non-living things cannot ______.
(a) Grow
(b) Move
(c) Eat
(d) All of these
✅ Answer: (d) All of these
5️⃣ Which of these is a living thing?
(a) Pencil
(b) Tree
(c) Book
(d) Ball
✅ Answer: (b) Tree
✨ Summary
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The world has living and non-living things.
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Living things grow, breathe, eat, move, and reproduce.
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Non-living things do not grow, breathe, eat, or move on their own.
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Plants make food and animals eat food to survive.
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Observing the surroundings helps us identify living and non-living things.