Living and Nonliving Things. Things which can grow, move, breathe and reproduce are called living things. Living things can also feel emotions like anger, fear and happiness. After growing and living for a long time living things ultimately die. Examples of living things are human beings, animals and plants. Plants cannot move from one place to another. However, plants move their stem to face the sun. Hence, they are also living things. Things which cannot grow, move, breathe and reproduce are called nonliving things. They do not have any kind of life in them. Examples of nonliving things are rocks, bucket and water.