Science | Biology | The Living World | Class VI
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Introduction – The Living World (Class VI)
The living world includes all plants, animals, and microorganisms that exist around us. From tiny bacteria to large trees and animals, all living things share certain common characteristics. They need food, air, and water to survive, and they carry out important life processes such as growth, respiration, reproduction, and response to stimuli.
Understanding the living world helps us to differentiate between living and non-living things and to appreciate the diversity of life on Earth. This chapter builds a basic foundation of biology by explaining how living organisms function, interact with their environment, and depend on each other for survival. It also develops scientific thinking and curiosity among students by helping them observe life around them more closely.
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🌱 The Living World – 100 Questions & Answers (Class VI)
🔹 Very Short Answer (1 Mark)
1. What are living things?
Living things are organisms that show life processes.
2. Name one living thing.
Human.
3. Name one non-living thing.
Stone.
4. Do plants breathe?
Yes.
5. Do non-living things grow?
No.
6. What is respiration?
The process of breathing and releasing energy.
7. Do all living things need food?
Yes.
8. Can plants make their own food?
Yes.
9. Which process helps plants make food?
Photosynthesis.
10. Name one characteristic of living things.
Growth.
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🔹 Short Answer (2 Marks)
11. What is growth?
Increase in size or weight of a living organism.
12. Why do living things need food?
For energy, growth, and repair.
13. What is reproduction?
The process of producing new organisms.
14. Can non-living things reproduce?
No.
15. Why is movement a sign of life?
Living things can move on their own.
16. Do plants move?
Yes, but slowly.
17. Give two examples of living things.
Dog, tree.
18. Give two examples of non-living things.
Table, book.
19. What is response to stimulus?
Reaction to changes like light or heat.
20. Do all living things grow throughout life?
No, animals stop growing after a time.
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🔹 Medium Answer (3 Marks)
21. List three characteristics of living things.
Growth, respiration, reproduction.
22. How are plants and animals similar?
Both are living and need food and air.
23. Why is breathing important?
It releases energy from food.
24. What happens if living things stop breathing?
They die.
25. How do plants respire?
Through small pores called stomata.
26. Why are seeds living but stones not?
Seeds can grow; stones cannot.
27. Do all living things need air?
Yes.
28. Name two life processes.
Respiration, reproduction.
29. Why is a car non-living?
It does not grow or reproduce.
30. Are bacteria living things?
Yes.
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🔹 Short Answer (Concept-based)
31. What is excretion?
Removal of waste from the body.
32. Why is excretion important?
To keep the body healthy.
33. Do plants excrete waste?
Yes.
34. Give one example of stimulus.
Light.
35. What is nutrition?
Process of taking in food.
36. Why are animals dependent on plants?
Plants make food.
37. Name a living thing that lives in water.
Fish.
38. Name a living thing that lives on land.
Lion.
39. Can machines be living?
No.
40. Why is fire non-living?
It does not reproduce or grow.
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🔹 True or False (Explain)
41. All living things move.
True.
42. Plants do not respire.
False.
43. Non-living things need food.
False.
44. Growth is seen only in living things.
True.
45. Living things respond to stimuli.
True.
46. Clouds are living.
False.
47. All animals grow throughout life.
False.
48. Breathing and respiration are the same.
False.
49. Seeds are non-living.
False.
50. Movement is a sign of life.
True.
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🔹 Fill in the Blanks (with Answers)
51. Living things need food to survive.
52. Plants make food by photosynthesis.
53. Respiration releases energy.
54. Living things can reproduce.
55. Animals depend on plants for food.
56. Growth is a life process.
57. Living things respond to stimuli.
58. Plants breathe through stomata.
59. Non-living things do not grow.
60. Waste removal is called excretion.
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🔹 Long Answer (5 Marks)
61. What are living things? Explain their characteristics.
Living things are organisms that show life processes like growth, respiration, reproduction, movement, and response to stimuli.
62. Differentiate between living and non-living things.
Living things grow and reproduce; non-living things do not.
63. Explain respiration.
Respiration is the process of breathing and releasing energy from food.
64. Why are plants called living?
They grow, respire, reproduce, and respond.
65. Explain reproduction with example.
Animals give birth or lay eggs; plants grow from seeds.
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🔹 Application & Thinking Questions
66. Is a sleeping cat living? Why?
Yes, it breathes and grows.
67. Is a dead tree living?
No.
68. Why is a robot non-living?
It cannot reproduce or grow naturally.
69. Are viruses living or non-living?
They show both characteristics.
70. Why do plants lean towards sunlight?
Response to stimulus.
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🔹 Extra Practice Q&A
71. Name a life process in plants.
Photosynthesis.
72. Name a life process in animals.
Respiration.
73. What helps plants absorb carbon dioxide?
Stomata.
74. Why do living things die?
Life processes stop.
75. What is sensitivity?
Ability to respond to changes.
76. Name two non-living natural things.
Rock, water.
77. Name two man-made non-living things.
Chair, car.
78. Why is water non-living?
It does not grow or reproduce.
79. Can plants feel pain?
No.
80. Do plants need oxygen?
Yes.
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🔹 MCQ-type Q&A (Answer only)
81. Making food is called – Photosynthesis
82. Removing waste is – Excretion
83. Breathing organ in humans – Lungs
84. Green plants are – Producers
85. Living place is called – Habitat
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🔹 Final Revision Q&A
86. What makes living things different from non-living?
Life processes.
87. Can living things repair themselves?
Yes.
88. What do all living things have in common?
Need food and air.
89. What happens when respiration stops?
Death.
90. Why are seeds alive?
They can grow.
91. Do plants move from place to place?
No.
92. Is growth reversible?
No.
93. Name a stimulus for plants.
Light.
94. Why is a clock non-living?
No life processes.
95. Name a microscopic living thing.
Bacteria.
96. Why do animals need plants?
For food and oxygen.
97. Do living things adapt?
Yes.
98. What is adaptation?
Adjustment to environment.
99. What happens without food?
Living things die.
100. Define The Living World.
All organisms that show life processes.
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Keywords – The Living World (Class VI)
Living World, Living and Non-living Things, Characteristics of Living Things, Growth, Respiration, Reproduction, Movement, Sensitivity, Stimulus, Nutrition, Excretion, Photosynthesis, Plants and Animals, Life Processes, Microorganisms, Habitat, Environment, Adaptation, Producers, Consumers