SCIENCE
A Look at living
things
AIM
TO TELL THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LIVING THINGS AND NONLIVING THINGS
ESSENTIAL QUESTION
➢How are living things and nonliving thing
alike?
➢How are living things different from nonliving
things?
➢What characteristics do the living things
share ?Which do nonliving things share?
Main Idea
All living things have
certain characteristics
and needs in common.
Sub Lesson 1
➢Living things and Vocabulary
their needs. ➢Organism
➢What are living ➢Respond
things and nonliving ➢Reproduce
things.
➢Environment
➢Cell
What are living things?
➢Living things are called Organisms.
➢They are organisms that possesses or
shows that they are alive.
➢Plants and animals are living things.
Some characteristics that all living things
share is acronyms in the word MR. NIGER D.
Characteristics of living things
By characteristics, we mean , what are those things that
you will see that can make you believe that this thing is a
living thing.
[Link] D
M: MOVEMENT, R: RESPIRATION, N: NUTRITION, I:
IRRITABILITY, G: GROWTH, E: EXCRETION, R:
REPRODUCTION, D: DEATH
➢LIVING THINGS GROW: All organisms use energy to grow. To grow means to
change with age. A young bird grows into adult. It get bigger and less fuzzy.
➢LIVING THINGS RESPOND: Living things respond or react, to the world
around them. When a plant is in shade, it responds by bending towards
sunlight.
➢LIVING THINGS REPRODUCE: To reproduce means to make more of one’s
own kind. A turtle reproduces by lying eggs. Young turtles hatch from the
eggs.
What do living things need?
➢ Living things have needs such as food, water, space, and many also need gases
found in air or water.
➢Living things get everything they need to survive from their environment.
➢An environment is all the living and nonliving things that surround an organisms.
➢Food
Living things need energy to live and grow. They
get energy from food. Animals get food by eating
other organisms. Plants make their own food using
energy from sunlight.
A caterpillar gets the
energy it needs to grow
by eating leaves.
➢Water
More than half of your body is water. All living things are full of water. They use the
water in their bodies to break down food and get rid of waste. They use it to
transport food throughout their bodies. Living things need a regular supply of
water to stay healthy.
➢ Space
Organisms need space, or room. Plants need space to grow and find water and
sunlight. Animals need space to move and find food. Different organisms need
different amounts of space.
Foxes hunt in forests
and fields.
Small dens help them
stay safe.
➢Gases
Animals need oxygen to
survive. Oxygen is a gas
found in air and water. Every
time you breathe, you take in
oxygen from the air.
Fish, clams, and most other
sea animals get oxygen from
the water around them.
Some water animals, such as this
manatee, must come to the surface
to take in oxygen from the air.
What are living things made of?
➢All organisms are made
up of one or more cells.
➢ Cells are building blocks
of life.
➢They are too small to see
with just eyes. A tool
called microscope is used
to observe cells.
➢Some organisms are
made of a single cell.
Organisms called
bacteria are an example.
Main idea
Animals have structures that help them
get what they need from their
environments. Different kinds of animals
have different structures.
Vocabulary
➢Lung
➢Gills
➢Shelter
What are animals?
➢ Snails, cats, dogs, elephants and even tiny ants are all parts of groups of living things called
animals.
➢ Animals are organisms made of many cells.
➢ Animals cannot make their own food.
➢ They must eat other organisms to get energy and nutrients.
➢ Animals have certain traits in common.
➢ Most animals can move. Birds can fly. Foxes can run and jump. Sharks can swim.
➢ Animals have certain kinds of structures, or parts, that help them get what they
need.
➢ Ears, eyes, legs, fins, and wings are some animal structures.
❖ Animals move to find food and water.
❖They move to escape danger.
❖Animals may use feet, legs, tails, wings, or other structures to
move.
❖Animals such as wolves, cheetahs, and house cats have strong
legs for running and jumping.
❖Big, rough paws help them balance. Some animals do fine with
no legs.
❖Snails makes use muscles on their underside to push themselves
forward.
❖Snakes use their whole bodies to slither forward. Birds fly and
glide through the air with wings.
The wolf pushes off it’s
strong back legs to jump. The bat glide
through the air.
A slithering snake