LIVING AND NON-LIVING THINGS

UNIT 4: LIVING AND NON-LIVING THINGS

NATURAL SCIENCE SECOND LEVEL PRIMARY

Mª Isabel López

CEIP SANTA ANA MADRIDEJOS (TOLEDO)

WHICH LIVING AND NON-LIVING THINGS CAN YOU SEE?

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LIVING THINGS

CHARACTERISTICS

NEEDS

VITAL FUNCTIONS

THEY ARE BORN

FOOD

NUTRITION

THEY GROW

WATER

INTERACTION

THEY REPRODUCE

AIR

REPRODUCTION

THEY DIE

A PLACE TO LIVE

NON-LIVING THINGS NATURAL

MAN-MADE

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LIVING THINGS CAN GROW, MOVE AND NEED FOOD.

People, animals and plants are living things.

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CHARACTERISTICS ALL LIVING THINGS ……….

ARE BORN,

REPRODUCE

GROW,

AND DIE.

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Viviparous animals are born from their mother’s womb.

Oviparous animals are born from an egg.

Plants are born from seeds.

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A seed grows to become a tree.

A baby grows to become an adult.

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A puppy grows to become a dog.

A tadpole grows to become a frog.

A chic grows to become a hen.

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When living things reproduce, they make other living things with the same characteristics.

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All living things die.

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NEEDS All living things need ……..

FOOD

WATER

AIR

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All living things need a place to live

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DEPENDING ON THE FOOD THAT THEY EAT, LIVING THINGS CAN BE.....

Carnivores eat other animals to survive.

Herbivores eat plants.

Omnivores eat other animals or plants.

Plants absorb nutrients and water from the soil.

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VITAL FUNCTIONS Nutrition

Humans and animals cannot make their own food.

Plants can make their own food.

Photosynthesis is the process by which plants make their food.

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Interaction

All animals interact with other animals. We use our

senses to interact with other things.

Reproduction

Animals make new animals with the same characteristics.

Plants produce seeds from which other plants grow.

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NON-LIVING THINGS

NATURAL

MAN-MADE

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NON - LIVING THINGS CAN’T GROW, MOVE AND DON’T NEED FOOD

A table, a car, a pencil, a house, a doll, a fan, mountains and clouds are non-living things.

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Some non-living things are natural, which means that people don’t make them.

AIR

THE SUN

WATER THE MOON

ROCKS AND MINERALS

CLOUDS 17

Other non-living things are man-made, which means that people make them.

TABLE

FAN

HOUSE

PENCIL

BRIDGE

CAR 18

LIVING AND NON-LIVING THINGS