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| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |A dog is '''alive'''.| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |A rock was '''never alive'''| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |A tree might not seem to move, but it can and is '''alive'''.

| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |A fly is '''alive'''.| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |Even though a mushroom doesn't appear to move it is still '''alive'''.| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |A skeleton is part of a dead animal. It is not alive anymore.

| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |A robot may seem lifelike but it was '''never alive'''.| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |A nut is the seed of a tree and can grow into a new tree. Even though it is [[dormant]] it is still '''alive'''.| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |An apple has been picked from a tree, but it is still '''alive''' until you cook it or eat it. You can tell a dead apple because it has rotted.

| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |Fire was '''never alive'''. It cannot sense its surroundings or move, it can only spread or go out.| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |The wood inside a tree is dead. Only the bark is alive and once you cut a tree down the bark dies too.| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |Even before cooking the meat from an animal has been dead since the animal was killed.|} ===Be Careful!===: Fire is '''not''' a living thing. You can start a fire without another fire but living things always need other living things to make them. Also fires can spread and they can go out, but they do not grow.: [[Plant|Plants]] '''can''' move. For example their [[Flower|flowers]] and [[Leaf|leaves]] can turn to face [[The Sun]]. ===Note to Teachers===''For some reason many students falsely identify fire as being alive. In a survey of around 200 students between 11 and 16 years old, roughly 50% identified fire as alive. This unusual misconception is important to challenge early on to prevent further misunderstandings.'' ==Key Stage 3== It is important to understand whether something is alive, dead or was never alive. {| class="wikitable"|-|[[File:Microbe.png|center|200px]]|[[File:Beans.png|center|200px]]|[[File:ElephantFoetus.png|center|200px]]|-| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |A cell is the basic unit of all living things. A cell is the smallest living part of an organism.| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |Beans are the seeds of a legume and '''alive''' because when they are planted they will grow into a new plant.| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |Before it is born a foetus is alive in the womb.|-|[[File:Earth.png|center|200px]]|[[File:MouthDiagram.png|center|200px]]|[[File:OakBark.png|center|200px]]|-| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |The Earth is not '''alive''' but all known living things live on the Earth.| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |The teeth in the mouth are '''alive'''. If a tooth dies, it turns black.| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |The bark of a tree is '''alive''' but the wood inside is dead.