SCIENC E

Student Book

2nd Grade | Unit 1

THE LIVING AND NONLIVING
SCIENCE 201

Introduction |4

1. God Made Living and Nonliving Objects6

First and Second Day: Day, Night, and Heaven |7
Third Day: Earth and Sea |8
Third Day: Living Plants |9
Fourth Day: Sun and Moon |
14 Fifth Day: Birds and Fish
|15
Sixth Day: Land Animals, Reptiles, and Man |16
Self Test 1 |21

2. Rock and Seed Experiment.................23

Self Test 2 |32

3. God-Made Objects and Man-Made Objects

34
God-Made Objects |35
Man-Made Objects |36
Materials in Man-Made Objects |38
Self Test 3 |41

LIFEPAC Test |Pull-out

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THE LIVING AND NONLIVING | Unit 1

Authors:
Patty Terrell Horn,
Ed.D.
Aleda L. Craig

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THE LIVING AND

NONLIVING

God made all the living and nonliving things in our

world. As you study this LIFEPAC®, you will learn what is
living and what is
nonliving. You will learn about the world God has made.
You will see that what God has made is good.

Objectives
Read these objectives. They will tell what you will be
able to do when you have finished this LIFEPAC®.
1. You will be able to show nonliving objects and tell
why they are nonliving.
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2. You will be able to show living objects and tell why

they are living.
3. You will be able to tell which objects are made by God.
4. You will be able to tell which objects are man-made.

New Words
These words will appear in boldface (darker print)
the first time they are used.

blessed. Protected.
create (cre ate). To make something.
divide (di vide). To break into parts or pieces.
earth. The world (planet) we live on.
living (liv ing). To be alive.
material (ma ter i al). What a thing is made from.
metal (met al). Something found in the ground that can
be used to make things.
multiply (mul ti ply). To make more of the same.
nonliving (non liv ing). Never alive.
object (ob ject). Something you can see or feel.
plastic (plas tic). A man-made material.
reptile (rep tile). A creeping or crawling
animal. separate (sep ar ate). To set apart
from other parts. wood. The material that
comes from trees.
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1. GOD MADE
LIVING AND
NONLIVING
OBJECTS
The Bible is God’s words written in a book. In the
Bible, God tells us how our world began. God
said that He made living and nonliving objects
of our world.

Words to Study
blessed. Protected.
create (cre ate). To make something.
divide (di vide). To break into parts or pieces.
earth. The world (planet) we live on.
living (liv ing). To be alive.
multiply (mul ti ply). To make more of the same.
nonliving (non liv ing). Never alive.
object (ob ject). Something you can see or
feel. reptile (rep tile). A creeping or crawling
animal. separate (sep ar ate). To set apart
from other parts.

Ask your teacher to say these words with you.

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First and Second Day: Day, Night,

and Heaven
God created (or made) the
heaven and the earth. He
said, “Let there be light.”
And then, there was light.
The light He called daytime.
He let the light shine. Then He let it get dark again. God
called the darkness nighttime. That is what God made the
first day.
In the beginning, all of the earth was filled with water.
On the second day, God separated the water above
the earth from the water below. He made the sky. He
called the sky heaven.

Write your answers in the blanks.

1.1 Who created the earth?

1.2 What did He call the “light”?
1.3 What did He call the “darkness”?
1.4 What did God create on the first day?
a. b.

1.5 What did God make on the second day?

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Third Day: | He called the dry land earth.

Earth and Sea

On the third day, God
divided the land from the
water. He called the water
sea. God called the dry land
earth. We use the word
earth for the dry land.
The light, darkness, sky, sea,
and earth are nonliving
things. These objects do not
need water, air, light, or
food. These objects do not
grow. They are not alive.
They have never been alive.
God was very happy, but
He was not done.
 | He called the water sea.
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Third Day: Living Plants

God made the earth (land)
grow grass, trees, and other
plants.
He made the grass, trees,
and other plants to grow
from seeds. To grow, plants
need water, air, light, and
food.
A living plant makes its
food from the dirt of the
earth and the air of the
sky. A bean seed grows
into a bean plant. Plants
can make new plants from | Plants grow from seeds.
their seeds.

Write your answers in the blanks.

1.6 What two things did God make on the third

day that were not alive?
a. b.

1.7 What two things did God make on the third

day that were living?
a. b.
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Try this!

These are things you

need: • paper cup
• bean seed • water
• earth (dirt)

Follow these directions. Check the box when you

have finished each step:

 1. Write your name on the paper cup.

 2. Write the date on this blank:
 3. Fill the cup one-half full with the dirt.
 4. Plant the seed in the dirt.
 5. Water the seed.

Teacher Check
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Do these activities.

1.10 What four things do living objects need to have to

grow?
a. b.
d.
c.

1.11 Why don’t nonliving objects need air, water,

light, and food?

1.12 Look around your classroom. What objects do

you see that are not alive? Talk to a friend and
write down five objects that you both see that
are not alive.
a. b.
c. d.
e.

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Fourth Day: Sun and

Moon
God wanted light to shine on the earth
all of the time. God made two big lights.
These lights are called the sun and | Sun
moon. He made the sun
shine in the daytime. He made the moon
shine at night. God also put the stars in
the sky at night.
The stars help the moon give light to the
earth at night. Now we know when it is
day and night. God did all of this on the | Moon
fourth day.
The days help us tell time. We count
days to make weeks, months, and years.
The sun helps to make it summer, fall,
winter, or spring.
Summer, fall, winter, and spring are called
seasons (sea sons).

Write your answers in the blanks.

1.14 What two big lights did God make on the fourth day?

a. b.
 1.15 Why did God make the stars?

1.16 What helps us tell time by the weeks, months, and

years?

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1.17 What are the four

seasons?
a. b.
c. d.

1.18 What three nonliving objects did God create

on the fourth day?

a.
b.

c.

Fifth Day: Birds and Fish

The earth was very quiet. On the fifth
day, God created every kind of fish to fill
the sea. He also
made every kind of bird to fly in the air. God was
very happy. He blessed the birds and the fish.
God told the birds and fish to multiply and fill the earth.
Birds grew and made more birds. Fish grew and made
more fish.
The birds and fish are living objects. To live, they
need air, water, light, and food. Birds and fish
are animals.
God created these animals for us. We have to
take care of them for God. Birds and fish will
always be on the earth, if we take care of the
earth.

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Sixth Day: Land Animals,

Reptiles, and Man
On the sixth day, God made all kinds of animals,
cattle, and reptiles. All of these things are living
objects, too. To live, they need air, water, light,
and food. They grow and have baby animals.
God was not finished. He wanted someone to rule over
all life on earth, in the sky, and in the sea. So God
made man.
Man would be in charge of the earth. God gave man
everything he needed to grow.
Man was a living object. God gave man air, light,
water, and food so he would grow. But man was
made like God. Man was also a living soul (like
God). Everything was good. God was very happy.
He blessed everything He had made. God rested
on the seventh day.

Living Objects
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Write your answers in the blanks.

1.19 What living objects did God create on the fifth day?
a. b.

1.20 What four things do these living objects need in

order to grow?
a. b.
d.
c.

1.21 What four living objects did God create on the sixth
day?
a. b.
c. d.

1.22 Who was the ruler of the earth?

Write on the lines below what God did on these

days.
1.23 fifth day
1.24 sixth day
1.25 seventh day
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SELF TEST 1
Each answer = 1 point

Write your answers in the blanks. Beside each day

write the object that God created on that day. Use
these words to fill in the blanks.

animal earth night birds sun

s
cattle man sea fish reptile
s
day moon sky stars

1.01 First Day a. day b. night

1.02 Second Day a.

1.03 Third Day a. b.

1.04 Fourth Day a. b.

c.
1.05 Fifth Day a. b.

1.06 Sixth Day a. b.

c. d.

Write the meaning for each of these words.

1.07 create
1.08 earth
1.09 separate
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Use these words to write the right answers in the

blanks. (Some words may be used more than once.)

air food God heave man moo

n n
not right water sun light
alive

1.10 What is another name for the sky?

1.11 What four things do living plants need to grow?
a. b.
d.
c.

1.12 Nonliving objects do not need anything to grow

because they are .
1.13 What two big lights did God create?
a. b.

1.14 What four things do the fish, birds, animals,

and man need to grow?
a. b.
d.
c.

1.15 Who made the heaven, sea, earth, moon, and sun?
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