Lesson 1

Living Things and Their Needs

Lesson 2
Plants and Their Parts

Lesson 3
Animals and Their Parts

Lesson 4
Classifying Animals

How do living things get what

they need to live and grow?
organism
respond
reproduce
environment
cell
What are living things?

Living things grow,

respond to the world
around them, and
reproduce.
What do living things need?

Living things need food,

water, and space.

Many also need gases

found in air or water.
What are living things made of?

Living things are

made up of cells.
Main Idea

How can you tell the difference between

a living and a nonliving thing?

Living things have needs, grow,

respond, and reproduce. Living
things are made up of cells.
Nonliving things do not have needs
and do not grow, reproduce, or
respond.
Vocabulary
Living things ___________ , or react, to the world
around them.

Cells
___________ are the building blocks of life.

An ___________ is all the living and nonliving things

that surround an organism.

Living things are called ___________.

To ___________ means to make more of one’s own kind.

cells environment organisms reproduce respond
 What do living things
Main Idea and Details need to survive?

food

Living things have water

needs to survive.
gases in air or water

space
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structure
root
nutrient
stem
leaf
photosynthesis
What are plants?

Most plants have

roots, stems, and
leaves.

They use
energy from
the sun to
make their
own food.
 These are structures
How do roots and
which hold the plant
stems help plants?
in place and help it
take in nutrients.
Why are leaves important? Leaves take in the
carbon dioxide
and sunlight that
plants need for
photosynthesis.

Leaves also give off

oxygen and make
food for the plant.
How can you classify plants?
You can classify plants by
their structures (roots,
stems, leaves) or by
whether they are flowering
or non-flowering.
Main Idea

What three structures do most plants have?

Roots, stems, leaves

Vocabulary
Plants make food through a process
called ______________.

______________
Nutrients are substances that help
living things grow and stay healthy.

Many plants have the same basic

______________, or parts.

nutrients photosynthesis structures

Vocabulary

Roots are structures that take

_________
in water and hold a plant in place.

A _________ is the structure where

a plant makes food.

A _________ is a structure that

holds up a plant.
leaf roots stem
 Roots take in water
and nutrients and
Summarize keep a plant in place.
How do a
plant’s parts
Stems hold a plant
help it upright so its leaves
survive? Parts of
can get sunlight and
they transport materials a Plant
throughout the plant.

Leaves take in carbon

dioxide and energy from
sunlight. Leaves are
where photosynthesis
takes place. End of Lesson
lung
gills
shelter
What are animals?

Animals are living things that

can usually move and respond
to their environment in a variety
of ways.

They get their energy

and nutrients by eating
other organisms.
How do animals get
what they need?

Animals have structures

that help them get what
they need for survival.
How do animals stay safe?

Some animals have structures

to help them stay safe and the
others find shelter.
Main Idea

How are animals alike?

All animals move, respond to

their environment in noticeable
ways, eat other organisms for
energy, and have structures that
help them meet their needs.
Vocabulary
Gills
___________ are structures that take in
oxygen from the water.

Some animals stay safe by finding a safe place,

or ___________.

Lungs
___________ are structures that take in oxygen
from the air.
gill lungs shelter
s
Compare and Contrast

Plants need Both plants Animals must

carbon dioxide, and animals
eat other
sunlight, and need food,
water, space, organisms for
nutrients from
and oxygen. energy.
the soil.
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vertebrate
invertebrate
exoskeleton
bird
reptile
amphibian
fish
mammal
How can you classify animals?

Animals can be
classified based on
their structures.
What are some
invertebrates?
What are some vertebrates?
What are mammals?

Mammals are vertebrates

with hair or fur, and are
born alive.

You are a mammal too!

Main Idea

Name five groups of vertebrates.

Fish, birds, amphibians,

reptiles, mammals
Vocabulary
Many vertebrates have a thing, hard covering,
called an ______________.

Reptiles
______________ are vertebrates with scaly skin.

Mammals
______________are vertebrates with hair or fur.

Animals without backbones are called

______________.

exoskeleton invertebrates mammals reptiles

Vocabulary
Animals with backbones are called ____________.
Animals that spend part of their lives in water
and part on land are called ____________.
Fish
____________ are vertebrates that spend
their whole lives in water.
A ____________ is a kind of animal with a beak,
feathers, two wings, and two legs.
amphibians bird fish vertebrates
Classify

Mammal Mammal

A zebra does
A zebra has hair
not have scales
and gives birth
or feathers like
to live young.
other groups of
vertebrates.

End of Lesson