Is It Alive?

What Characteristics are we using?

Respond to surrounding.

Need Air, Food, and Water.

Properties	Sample A	Sample B	Sample C	Sample D	Sample E
Size	Medium	Small	Big	Medium	Very Small
Texture	Grainy	Grainy	Rubbery, Hard	Hard, Rough	Soft, Powdery
Color	Beige	Yellowish White	Transparent	Black and Red	Brown

Sample	Claim	Evidence	Observation
A	Non-Living Thing	It did not react to both water and glucose.	It remained solid at the bottom of the test tube and remained the same on the cotton wool.
B	Living Thing	It reacted to the water and started dissolving into smaller pieces after only 3 seconds. It reacted to glucose after around 3 seconds and started dissolving.	Sample B started to dissolve into the water and become powder in the test tube and turned the water murky. Sample B dissolved and spread out and became yellow powder on the wet cotton wool.
C	Living Thing	It reacted to the water and started growing bigger after a few seconds and it reacted to the glucose after 2 or more seconds.	Sample C started to grow bigger and bigger as the time passed.
D	Non-Living Thing	It did not react to the glucose or the water.	It remained solid at the bottom of the test tube and remained the same on the cotton wool.
E	Non-Living Thing	It did not react to the glucose or the water.	It remained solid at the bottom of the test tube and remained the same on the cotton wool.

After a few days, the substances changed. This time, we can more accurately determine whether the substance is alive or not.

Sample	Claim	Evidence	Observation
D	Living Thing	The sample was actually seeds.	The seeds germinated and seedlings appeared.
E	Living Thing	The sample was actually eggs.	White creatures appeared from the eggs and they were moving.