Essential Needs for Living Things: Food, Water, Air, and Shelter

The video tutorial explores the basic needs of living things, which include food, water, air, and shelter. It explains how each of these needs is essential for survival and growth. Food provides energy, water is crucial for hydration and health, air is necessary for breathing, and shelter offers protection and comfort. The video also includes a review section with a true/false activity to reinforce learning.

What are the basic needs of living things?

• Water, sunlight, air, and shelter

• Food, sunlight, air, and shelter

• Food, water, air, and shelter

• Food, water, sunlight, and shelter

Why do plants not need external food sources like animals?

• They can make their own food using sunlight

• They get food from the air

• They absorb nutrients from the soil

• They do not require food

How do plants use water?

• To grow taller

• To attract insects

• To make their food

• To cool down their leaves

What is the process of taking in air called?

• Inhaling

• Exhaling

• Breathing in

• Respiring

How do fish breathe?

• Through their mouth

• Through their fins

• Through their gills

• Through their skin

What are stomata?

• Parts of a flower

• Tiny pores on leaves

• Roots of plants

• Types of plant cells

Why do living things need shelter?

• To find food

• To socialize with other animals

• To store water

• To stay safe from weather conditions

Which of the following is a shelter for a dog?

• Den

• Kennel

• Nest

• Aquarium

What is the purpose of a lion's den?

• To provide shelter

• To play with other lions

• To store food

• To hunt prey

Which of the following is NOT a basic need of living things?

• Entertainment

• Water

• Food

• Shelter