2. Living things
• Living things are born, grow, eat, breathe,
reproduce and die.
• People, animals and plants are living
things.
3. Non-living things
• Non-living things do not eat grow.
• The Sun and rocks are non-living things.
• Cars, tables, or books are non-living
things.
4. Animals and plants
• Plants cannot move from one place to
another.
• They are fixed to the ground
by the roots.
• Plants make their own
food using water,
minerals and sunlight.
5. Animals
• Animals can move from one place to
another.
• They need to eat plants
and other animals
to live.
6. Classification of animals
We can classify animals using different
criteria:
• The skeleton:
- Vertebrates have
a skeleton
- Invertebrates
do not have a
skeleton
7. Classification of animals
The way animals are born:
• Viviparous animals are
born from their
mother’s womb.
• Oviparous animals
are born from eggs.
8. Classification of animals
• The food they eat:
– Some animals eat other animals. They are
carnivores.
– Some animals eat plants. They are
herbivores.
– Some animals eat plants an other animals.
They are omnivores.
9. Vertebrates
• Vertebrates have a skeleton made up of bones
and a spinal column.
• Vertebrates bodies have several parts:
- head
- trunk
- limbs (arms, legs,
wings or fins)
- tail (a extension of
the spinal column)
10. Classification of vertebrates
• Mammals
- They are viviparous. They drink mother’s
milk when they are babies.
- They breath with lungs.
- Most of then can walk,
but others like dolphins
or whales can swim.
- Bats can fly.
11. Classification of vertebrates
• Birds
– They are oviparous.
– They breath with lungs.
– They have two wings. Most of then
can fly.
12. Classification of vertebrates
• Amphibians
– They are oviparous.
– When they are babies
they live in water.
They breath with gills
and they can swim.
– When they are adults they live on land.
They breath with lungs and they can walk.
13. Classification of vertebrates
• Reptiles
- They are oviparous.
- They breath with lungs.
- Snakes have no legs
and they can crawl.
14. Classification of vertebrates
• Fish
– They live in water.
– They are oviparous.
– They breath with gills.
– They have fins and they can swim.
