Vocabulary

  • Living - Grows, moves, or reproduces (e.g., animals).
  • Non-living - Does not grow or move on its own (e.g., rocks).
  • Organism - Any living thing (e.g., plants, animals).
  • Growth - Getting bigger or developing (e.g., a seedling).
  • Reproduce - Make new living things (e.g., baby animals).
  • Breathe - Take in air or oxygen (e.g., humans breathing).
  • Move - Change position (e.g., animals run).
  • Energy - Power for living things to function (e.g., from food).
  • Food - What living things eat or use (e.g., leaves, meat).
  • Environment - Surroundings of living things (e.g., forest).
  • Plant - Living thing that makes food from sunlight (e.g., trees).
  • Animal - Living thing that eats and moves (e.g., dogs).
  • Microorganism - Tiny living thing (e.g., bacteria).
  • Rock - Non-living, made of minerals (e.g., stones).
  • Soil - Non-living dirt where plants grow.
  • Water - Non-living, needed by living things.
  • Sunlight - Light from the sun, used by plants.
  • Air - Non-living gas, like oxygen, for breathing.
  • Characteristic - A trait of something (e.g., growth for living things).
  • Survive - Stay alive with food, water, air.
  • Tree - A tall plant with leaves and roots.
  • Flower - Part of a plant, often colorful.
  • Seed - Small part that grows into a plant.
  • Leaf - Part of a plant that uses sunlight.
  • Root - Part of a plant that takes in water.
  • Bird - An animal with feathers and wings.
  • Fish - An animal that lives in water.
  • Mammal - An animal with fur or hair (e.g., cats).
  • Insect - Small animal with six legs (e.g., ants).
  • Human - A person, a type of living thing.
  • Fungus - Living thing like mushrooms, not a plant.
  • Bacteria - Tiny living things, some cause illness.
  • Oxygen - Gas in air that living things need.
  • Carbon dioxide - Gas plants use, animals breathe out.
  • Habitat - Place where a living thing lives (e.g., pond).
  • Mountain - Large non-living landform.
  • River - Non-living flowing water.
  • Cloud - Non-living water vapor in the sky.
  • Wind - Moving air, non-living.
  • Sand - Tiny non-living grains, like on a beach.
  • Metal - Non-living material, like iron or steel.
  • Plastic - Non-living man-made material.
  • Wood - Non-living part from trees.
  • Adapt - Change to survive in an environment.
  • Shelter - Place living things use for protection.
  • Nutrient - Substance living things need (e.g., in food).
  • Photosynthesis - How plants make food using sunlight.
  • Life cycle - Stages of a living thing’s growth.
  • Natural - Found in nature, not man-made.
  • Man-made - Non-living things made by humans (e.g., cars).