Environments

for Living
Things

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 Environments
f or Living
Things
Environments . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Plant Adaptations . . . . . . . .4
Animal Adaptations . . . . . .6
Animals Use Plants . . . . . . .8
Animals Help Plants. . . . . .10
Food Chain. . . . . . . . . . . . .11

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 Environments

An environment has living things.

It also has nonliving things.

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 People change environments.
They build houses. They build roads.

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 Plant
Adaptations

roots

Adaptations help plants stay alive.

Many roots help this tree get water.

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 jade plant

Thick leaves help a plant store water.

Leaves and roots are adaptations.

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 Animal
Adaptations

sharp teeth

Adaptations help animals.

Sharp teeth help a lion bite into meat.

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 camouflage

Camouflage can help animals hide.

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 Animals
Use Plants

Some animals eat plants for food.

Some use plants for homes and to hide.

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 Plants give off oxygen into the air.
Animals need oxygen to breathe.

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 Animals
Help Plants

Some animals help spread pollen.

Flowers need pollen to make seeds.

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 Food Chain
3A bear eats the fish.

2 A fish eats the fly.

1 A fly eats a plant.

Animals and plants are linked.

A food chain shows the link.

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 Vocabulary
environment, p. 2
adaptations, p. 4
camouflage, p. 7
oxygen, p. 9
pollen, p. 10
food chain, p. 11

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 Think About the Reading

1. What questions do you have after

reading this book?
2. How can you find the answers to
these questions?

Hands-On Activity

1. Think of a food you eat.

2. Draw a food chain that shows
how you and the food are linked.

School-Home Connection

Tell a family member what you have

read about the ways plants and
animals use each other. Talk with the
family member about ways people
use plants and animals.

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