WHAT

DO WE
NEED
TO STAY
ALIVE?
Needs of Living Things
How many of these are "living things"?

Raise your hand and use your fingers to show your count.
 FUN FACT:

The human body can

only live for a few days
without water, but it can
stay alive for a few
weeks without food!
 What do human need?

AIR WATER FOOD

 What do animals need to stay alive?

air to breathe water to drink food to eat

 What do plants need to stay alive?

air to breathe water to drink sunlight to

make energy
(food)
 Living things need "food"
for energy in different ways.

Animals (including Plants make their own

humans) need to eat food in their leaves, but
food to get energy. this needs sunlight.