Life/Non – Life Scavenger Hunt

How can you know if something is alive?

What am I?A AliveB No longer alive (dead)C Never Living (non –living)Hint: Algae are photosynthetic organisms that occur in most

habitats. They vary from small, single-celled forms to complex multicellular forms, such as the giant kelps that grow to 65 meters in length..

What am I?A AliveB No longer alive (dead)C Never Living (non –living)Hint: Adult periodical cicadas molt, mate, lay eggs in trees, and

die all within the month that they’re above ground. Six or sevenweeks later, the young cicadas hatch from the tree branches, fall to the ground, and burrow 18-20 inches into the ground. For the next 13 to 17 years, they tunnel through the ground and draw liquid out of tree roots, their solesource of food.

What am I?A AliveB No longer alive (dead)C Never Living (non –living)Hint: The bones of an animal skeleton are organs that make up

the larger system, the skeletal system. Your body has eleven body systems that all work together. A single system cannot survive or live without the other body systems.

What am I?A AliveB No longer alive (dead)C Never Living (non –living)Hint: The Hope Diamond pictured here is not the largest diamond in

the world. It is a very rare dark blue diamond that is about the size of a walnut. It is one of the largest “dark blue diamonds” know which are very rare. The diamond was cut from a crystal that came from perhaps 100 miles below the surface of the Earth. It was born of great heat and pressure where no person has ever gone.

What am I?A AliveB No longer alive (dead)C Never Living (non –living)Hint: Does H20 reproduce, have cells, grow and develop, use energy, have

DNA, respond to change?

What am I?A AliveB No longer alive (dead)C Never Living (non –living)Hint: Do fingernails reproduce, have cells, grow and develop, use energy,

have DNA, respond to change? Did they used to?

What am I?A AliveB No longer alive (dead)C Never Living (non –living)Hint: Think carefully.

What am I?A AliveB No longer alive (dead)C Never Living (non –living)Hint: Do apples reproduce, have cells, grow and develop, use energy,

have DNA, respond to change?

What am I?A AliveB No longer alive (dead)C Never Living (non –living)Hint: A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically

with algae, resulting in a composite organism that characteristically forms a crust like or branching growth on rocks or tree trunks. The fungus part of the organism provides the shelter and the algae provides the food.

Fructicose (shrubby) Folios Lichen (leafy)

Crustose (crusty)

What am I?A AliveB No longer alive (dead)C Never Living (non –living)Hint: Do cars reproduce, have cells, grow and develop, use energy, have

DNA, respond to change?