Needs of Living Things

What are the basic needs of all living things that must be met in order to survive?

• Televisions, video games, computers, and toys

• Air, food, sunlight, water, and shelter

• Electricity, internet, mobile phones, and cars

• Money, clothes, education, and medicine

What happens to a living thing if its basic needs are not met?

• It can adapt to live without them

• It will find them elsewhere

• The living thing dies

• It will evolve to not require them

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What is one of the basic needs of animals that might not be met when they are sick?

• Exercise

• Shelter

• Water

• Toys

Living things need what basic things to survive?

• Water, Food, Shelter, Air

• Air

• Food

• Shelter

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All animals and plants need this. We breathe it.

• Water

• Cloud

• Air

• Shelter

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Basic needs are ___________

• What living things need to live and grow.

• What animals need.

• What plants need.

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Use the word bank to complete the following sentences.

1. ​ (a)   are the things that a living thing

needs to live and grow.

2. Living things must meet their basic needs in order to

​ (b)   ​ .

3. (MUST BE IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER) Animals need ​ (c)   , ​ (d)   , ​ (e)   and air

to survive.​

• Basic Needs

• Survive

• Food

• Shelter

• Water

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What is a nutrient?

• A tool used for gardening

• A substance that helps a living thing grow and stay healthy

• A type of soil

• A part of a plant

Which of the following is a basic need of both animals and plants?

• Sunlight

• Water

• Shade

• Shelter

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Where do animals get nutrients from?

• Water

• Food

• Sunlight

• Soil

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