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What Plants and Animals Need to Survive

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Learning Objectives

After this lesson, students will be able to: 

 

  • Know the similarities with survival between animals and plants 
  • Know the differences between survival between animals and plants 
  • Know the ways animals and plants use food to survive 
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What are things that living things need to survive?

 

Things to think about:

What is an example of an autotroph?

What is an example of a heterotroph?

 

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What are some similarities and differences between plants and animals and their needs for survival?

 

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Similarities and Differences Between Plants and Animals

 

Similarities

  • Both have cells.
  • Need water.
  • Need air.
  • Use energy.

 

Differences

  • Plants get their energy from the sun.
  • Animals have to consume food to get energy.
  • Plants can’t move from place to place like animals.
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How do animals use their energy?

 

Things to think about:

What is digestion?

 

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How do plants use their energy?

 

Things to think about:

What is photosynthesis?

What is the process of photosynthesis?

 

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Review Terms

 

Autotrophs – organisms that get their energy from the sun.

 

Heterotroph – organisms that consume food for energy.

 

Homeostasis – keeps internal conditions stable.

 

Chlorophyll – what makes plants green.

 

Digestion – the breaking apart of food we eat so that our bodies can use the nutrients.

 

Photosynthesis – process where plants make their own food.

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Discussion Questions

Turn and Talk: Compare and Contrast

 

List at least 3 similarities and 3 differences between survival for animals and plants. Discuss with a peer sitting next to you.

 

Similarities

  1. ________________________________
  2. ________________________________
  3. ________________________________

Differences

  1. ________________________________
  2. ________________________________
  3. ________________________________

 

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References

 

Video 1 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ByE3OO3SlY 

Video 2 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQIjL_0RK6U 

Video 3 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHCGkMm8Eec 

Video 4 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbP73JIptdM

Image 1 (cover) – https://openclipart.org/detail/327539/cute-animals-frame

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