Living things and their needs

What is the difference between the two pictures?

Living things

Living things are called

organisms

How are all organisms a like ?

They can growAll living organisms use energy to

grow.

Plants

Animals

Human

Newborn from( 0-3 months)

Toddler from (1-4 years)

Child

Teenager

Adult

Old age

They can reproduce Living things make more of their

kind.

Human being reproduce by giving

birth

Animals 1)some animals give birth

Some animals lay eggs

Plants reproduce by seeds

They can respondLiving things respond (act) to

the worldaround them .

Examples:

a) Plants in a shade bends towards light

b) When a bird sees a cat and feels danger it may fly

Non-living things

1)They don’t grow .

2) They don’t respond (act or move) .

3) They don’t reproduce.

Non-Living things

Once alive

All living and non living things that surround an organism called

Environment

What do Living things need?

1)Water

2)Space 3)Food 4)Gases

WATERIt is very important as it transports (moves) food throughout the body.

Did you know that more than half of our body is water?

•Drinking 8 glasses of water every day is a must

The plant

Spacesanimals need spaces to:

Move Find

food

Whales need oceans

But for the goldfish a glass jar is enough

Plants need space to:

Grow

FOODLiving organisms need food to get energy to grow

Animals: some animals eat other living organisms

some animals eat plants

Plants : By making their own food by using the energy of sunlight

Gases oxygen

Water Air

Animals breathe oxygen from air using their nose and lungs

Animals breathe oxygen from water

But how? Do they have nose to breathe?

Fish breathe through the gills

We breathe in oxygen (O2) and breathe out carbon dioxide(CO2)

The plants in the morning take the CO2

Plants use carbon dioxide to make their food and give us oxygen