The document compares and contrasts plants and animals. It states that animals obtain food from other sources while plants use sunlight to produce their own food. Both plants and animals grow, reproduce, need food, and breathe. However, plants can produce their own food using chlorophyll while animals cannot, and plants are immobile whereas animals can move freely.

1. Similarities differences
between plants and
animals
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2. Animals
An animal is a living organism
that gets its food from other
sources.
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3. Characteritics of animals
They can not make their own food.
They are mobile
They can reproduce.
They grow old and die
They need energy from food and
nutrients
They can breathe.
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4. Plants
A plant is a living organism that
uses sunlight to make food needed
for its growth and development.
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5. Characteristics of plants
 They have Chlorophyll which makes them green
and makes them able to produce their own food.
 They need energy from the sun.
 They grow and die.
 They are immobile.
 They can reproduce.
 They can breathe.
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6. Plants and animals are similar in
the following way:
They both grow.
They both reproduce.
They both need food.
They both breathe.
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7. Plants and animals are different in
the following way:
Plants can make their own
food but animals can not.
Plants cannot move but
animals can move.
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8. Exercise
Write Yes or No where applicable
ANIMALS PLANTS
Does it make its own food?
Does it need food?
Does it grow?
Does it move freely from
place to place?
Does it reproduce?
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