CLASIFICATION OF LIVING THINGS

We have these types of living things:

a. Animals

b. Plants

c. Fungi

d. Protists (Algae and Protozoa)

e. Bacteria (Microorganisms)

Animals

- Feed on other living thing.
- Can move. Most animals can move from one place to another. 
- Can be viviparous (are born live)  or oviparous (are born from eggs). 
- Can be herbivores, carnivores or omnivores.
- Can be vertebrates or invertebrates. 
- Have senses. 

Plants

- Produce their own food.
- Can move towards light  or water.
- Plants are born from seeds or spores.

 Fungi 

- Feed on other living things that are decomposing. 

- Can´t move. 

Protists: 

   Algae:

- Produce their own food but have different parts to plants.

    Protozoa: 

- They are very small protists. 

- Feed on other living things.

- They can live in different habitat

Bacteria

- Are very small organisms. 

- We can only see them under a microscope.

THE VITAL FUNCTIONS IN LIVING THINGS

The living things perform three vital functions:

• Nutrition
• Interaction
• Reproduction

Nutrition:

Interaction

Reproduction

LIVING THINGS

In this unit you will learn: 

1. The differences between living and non-living things.
2. The three life processes of nutrition, reproduction and interaction.
3. How to classify living things into groups.

Animals, plants and humans are living things, They have many things un common: 

- All living things need air.

- All living things die.

- All living things grow.

- All living things need water.

- All living things need food.

- All living things are born.