What Living Things Need
Understand what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive: water, food, air, and suitable conditions
What a learner can do afterwards
- List the basic needs of animals: water, food, air, shelter
- List the basic needs of plants: water, light, air, suitable temperature
- Explain what happens if one basic need is missing (e.g. 'the plant wilts without water')
1 · Read
All living things need things to stay alive. Animals like dogs need water, food, air, and shelter.
Plants are alive too, but they need different things. Plants need water, light, air, and the right warmth.
Mia waters her plant and puts it near a window. The plant gets water, light, air, and warmth from the sunny window. It grows tall and green.
If a need is missing, a living thing can get sick. A plant with no water wilts and droops.
Plants make their own food using light from the sun, water, and air. They do not need to eat food like animals do. This is why plants can grow in a garden without anyone feeding them.
Fish are animals too, but they do not breathe air like dogs do. Fish get oxygen from the water around them. If the water has no oxygen, the fish cannot stay alive.
Pets like dogs need water, food, air, and shelter. Plants need water, light, air, and the right warmth. Without these, living things can get sick.
Mixed file with original readings and imported flashcards. Original readings authored in-repo. Imported flashcards derived from facts-collection candidates, not individually provenance-tracked.
2 · Watch
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Where this leads
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