Q&A - P3 Science

[jesschan]

glchua:

It is like many science questions I see in primary school, very poorly done. If a student think more, he'll get answers wrong.

My friend was just telling me the other day \"For primary school science, you just need to give a smart answer. Don't try to give a genius answer. \"

[Tang]

edanson:

leeven:

My Son Got a Question \"Is Apple a livingthing \" and he wrote yes. but got it wrong. The answer was non living thing.


but being grown from flower to fruit and then have seeds to grow further shouldnt it be a living thing....

please help with some explanation. I am not sure how to explain my boy.
:? & :stupid:

An apple is a living thing only when it is still on a tree. However, when you bought the apple in the market, it would have been a non-living thing. It no longer grow in size ( a condition for being a living thing).

Hope this help.

Grow in size is not a condition for classifying living thing. My parents do not grow in size, but I do.

Basic needs of living things are air, water and food. Once an apple is plucked, it does not need air, water and food.

[lizawa]

leeven:

My Son Got a Question \"Is Apple a livingthing \" and he wrote yes. but got it wrong. The answer was non living thing.


but being grown from flower to fruit and then have seeds to grow further shouldnt it be a living thing....

please help with some explanation. I am not sure how to explain my boy.
:? & :stupid:

If you look at all the characteristics of living things (don't think too deep, just look at the 5 - 6 in the text book), apple falls under the non living thing category.

[atutor2001]

lizawa:

If you look at all the characteristics of living things (don't think too deep, just look at the 5 - 6 in the text book), apple falls under the non living thing category.

Hi lizawa

What about the seeds in the apple. Are they living things?

[Muffins]

atutor2001:

lizawa:

If you look at all the characteristics of living things (don't think too deep, just look at the 5 - 6 in the text book), apple falls under the non living thing category.

Hi lizawa

What about the seeds in the apple. Are they living things?

Hi atutor2001,
The seeds ARE living, but the APPLE is not. Just imagine, we wear clothes, but when the clothes are on us, are they living?

[Full.010894Cream]

Muffins:

Hi atutor2001,
The seeds ARE living, but the APPLE is not. Just imagine, we wear clothes, but when the clothes are on us, are they living?

Seriously, do we want to go into that level of classification? I mean, I don't see it as a living thing until it is placed in the right environment and starts to germinate (right word?).

[watmekiasu]

Full.Cream:

Seriously, do we want to go into that level of classification? I mean, I don't see it as a living thing until it is placed in the right environment and starts to germinate (right word?).

It's a valid question - \"Is a seed a living thing?\". The students are expected to know this. It is a living thing.

[tianzhu]

[quote]My Son Got a Question \"Is Apple a livingthing \" and he wrote yes. but got it wrong. The answer was non living thing. [/quote]
Hi

When asking science questions, it’s important to have the complete question. In this question, the location of the apple plays an important part. Does the question come with a picture or diagram that shows an apple tree with some apples or just some apples on a kitchen table?

While on a tree, an apple is part of a living thing, but once picked, it’s no longer a living thing.

Best wishes

[leeven]

It sure cannot be non living thing. when it is in the tree it is basically developed from a flower to vegi then to fruit so sure there it air, food etc going in to it when growing. it is having living cells in it even after plucked and thats why when cut it is subject to oxidisation.


so we can say it once a living thing but not living thing.

but any way the question also didnt specify it was in the tree or out of tree. That is the question from my brilliant son who is asking me since they dont say so he assumed it can be anyway… Hmmmm :x

[tianzhu]

atutor2001:

What about the seeds in the apple. Are they living things?

Hi atutor2001

Some interesting articles on seeds.

http://infopedia.nl.sg/Research/opendoc.aspx?doc=pls/pf_ie_is%20a%20seed%20a%20living%20thing_08.pdf

Best wishes