Science - Year 3/4B Spring 2 Plants Greatly Green Growers Session 5 Plenary PowerPoint © Original resource copyright Hamilton Trust, who give permission for it to be adapted as wished by individual users. We refer you to our warning, at the foot of the block overview, about links to other websites.

Plants, animals and humans have more in common than you might think because they are all living things

Let’s take a look at them. What do all living things have in common? There are 7 things. Let’s take a look at them.

All living things … Grow

Food Nutrition What else do all living things need? Remember, plants make their own using photosynthesis and we eat ours. The scientific name for this is Nutrition

These pictures show something else that all living things do. Can you guess this one? Have babies The scientific word for this is Reproduce

Another thing that all living things do is use oxygen to turn food into energy. We usually think of this as breathing but the scientific word for it is Respiration Plants take in oxygen through the tiny holes on the underside of their leaves. This helps the photosynthesis process.

Movement The next one is You are probably thinking that a plant cannot move but actually there are ways that it can. Plants can grow towards a light and even turn to grow upwards if they fall over.

Humans and animals need to get rid of waste from their bodies Humans and animals need to get rid of waste from their bodies. The scientific name for this is Excretion Plants excrete (get rid of) water and gases which escape through the tiny holes on the underside of the leaves.

Humans and animals know about the world around them through their 5 senses. Can you name them? Plants do not have the same 5 senses as us, but they are sensitive to their environment in other ways as they can respond to light and temperature. The scientific word for responding to (sensing) the world around us is Sensitivity

That’s 7 processes that all living things have in common. Let’s recap. M R S N E R G Movement Respiration Sensitivity Nutrition Excretion Reproduction Growth People often try to remember them by taking the first letter of each one to spell Mrs Nerg

Challenge – Can you match up each word to a picture? Growth Movement Respiration Excretion Sensitivity Nutrition Reproduction Well done scientists!