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Let’s go through each statement one by one. We’re deciding if it’s TRUE or FALSE based on what we know about living and nonliving things.

1. Living things grow.
→ True. Plants get bigger, animals grow from babies to adults. That’s a sign of life.

2. Nonliving things grow.
→ False. A rock doesn’t grow. A toy car doesn’t get bigger over time (unless you add parts — but that’s not real growth like in living things).

3. Living things move.
→ True. Animals walk, birds fly, even plants turn toward the sun slowly. Movement is part of being alive.

4. Nonliving things move.
→ False? Wait — actually, some nonliving things can move (like wind blowing leaves, or a ball rolling), but they don’t move *on their own*. They need something else to push them. So for this level, we say: Nonliving things do NOT move by themselves → FALSE.

5. Living things reproduce.
→ True. Living things make more of themselves — like having babies or seeds growing into new plants.

6. Nonliving things reproduce.
→ False. A chair doesn’t have baby chairs. A stone doesn’t make more stones by itself.

7. Living things need air.
→ True. Most living things breathe air (even fish use oxygen dissolved in water). Air helps them stay alive.

8. Nonliving things need air.
→ False. A book doesn’t need air to exist. It just sits there.

9. Living things need food.
→ True. Food gives energy to live, grow, and move.

10. Nonliving things need food.
→ False. You don’t feed your backpack or your pencil.

11. Living things need water.
→ True. All living things need water to survive — humans, plants, animals.

12. Nonliving things need water.
→ False. Water might hurt them (rusting metal) or sit on them (a puddle on a sidewalk), but they don’t *need* it to function.

✔ Final check: All answers match basic science facts taught at elementary level.

Final Answer:
1. True
2. False
3. True
4. False
5. True
6. False
7. True
8. False
9. True
10. False
11. True
12. False