Living things such as people, animals and plants are born, grow, reproduce and die. Vertebrates have backbones and include animals such as fish, bears and tortoises while invertebrates like frogs do not have backbones. Domestic animals live with people on farms or in homes and people care for them, while wild animals live independently in nature. Animals have protective coverings like fur, feathers, scales or shells and eat plants as herbivores, other animals as carnivores or both as omnivores. They also reproduce by being born live from their mothers as viviparous or hatching from eggs as oviparous.
1. Natural Science Unit 4
Living and non-living things
Living things Non-living things
Living things
People Animals Plants
People, animals and plants are living things.
Born Grow Reproduce Die
Living things are born, grow, reproduce and die.
2. Natural Science Unit 4
Vertebrates / Invertebrates
Vertebrates Invertebrates
Vertebrates are animals with Invertebrates are animals
a backbone. without a backbone.
Wild and domestic animals
Wild Domestic
Nobody takes care of wild
animals. They live in forests,
rivers…
Domestic animals live in our
homes or in farms. We take care
of them.
3. Natural Science Unit 4
Animals bodies
Fish have scales Bears have fur Tortoises have a shell
Birds have feathers Frogs have bare skin.
Animals have got fur, feathers, scales or a shell to protect their
bodies.
What animals eat
HERBIVORES eat plants.
CARNIVORES eat other
animals.
OMNIVORES eat plants
and other animals.
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How animals reproduce
VIVIPAROUS animals are born
from their mother’s womb.
OVIPAROUS animals are born
from eggs.
