Features of living things

1. What do Living Things
have in common?

2. Living Things
1. Movement
• Animals move by
walking or running.
• Plants can open and
close their leaves and
their roots also move in
the soil.

3. Living Things
2. Respiration
• In animals this is
where they
breathe in oxygen
and release
carbon dioxide.
• Plants also use
oxygen and release
carbon dioxide.
• They also make their
own energy from
the sun. This is
called
photosynthesis.

4. Living Things
3. Growth
• All living things grow!

5. Living Things
4. Reproduction
• Plants reproduce by
creating seeds
• Animals pass on their
genes to their
offspring.

6. Living Things
5. Nutrition
• All living things need energy to survive.
• Animals do this by consuming food.
• Plants create their own energy through photosynthesis.