unit

3
sh
ig n di
LIVING AND

yr tio en
NON-LIVING
op ca v
THINGS
C u Ca

ht
Ed ll
a

Zoe is really
sh

hungry! Is the toy

robot hungry too?
ar
M

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 Let’s Find Out:
• What are living things?
• What do living things need
to live?
• What can living things do?

sh
• What are non-living things?

ig n di
yr tio en
op ca v
C u Ca

ht
Ed ll
a
sh
ar

Can the toy

robot eat
M

a banana?

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 A
What Are Living Things?
What living

sh
things can you
see around you?

ig n di
yr tio en
op ca v
C u Ca

ht
Ed ll
a
sh
ar
M

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 There are many living things around us.
Living things are alive.

sh
What do living
things need to live?

ig n di
yr tio en
op ca v
C u Ca

ht
Is Zoe a
living thing?
Ed ll
a
sh
ar
M

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 B
What Do Living Animals are living things.
Things Need People are also living things.
Living things need air.
to Live?

sh
They breathe.

air pump

ig n di
yr tio en
op ca v
C u Ca
Both the fish and the boy

ht
need air to stay alive.
Ed ll
a
sh

Living things need water.

They drink.
ar
M

Both the cat and the boy

need to drink water.
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 Living things need food.
They eat.
Both the girl and
the orangutan
need to eat food.

sh
ig n di
yr tio en
Living things need air, water
op ca v and food to stay alive.
C u Ca

ht
Plants are living
things too.
Ed ll
a
sh
ar
M

A plant needs air,

water and food.

QUICK CHECK
Choose the correct answer.
1. Animals eat (air / food) to live.
Activity Book
2. Animals take in (air / food) when they breathe. Activity 1, pages 22–23

3. Animals need to drink (water / air) to live.

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 C
What Can Living Things Do?
Living things can move by themselves.

sh
Living things can respond to changes.

ig n di
yr tio en
op ca v
The birds move by
C u Ca
themselves. They fly away
when the child chases them.

ht
Ed ll
a

Living things can

have young..
sh

People can
have young.
ar
M

36 UNIT 3

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