Science - Year 6 - Living things and their habitats

Tick the four things that organisms need to survive.

• Food, friends, money, shelter

• Shelter, oxygen, water, food

• Money, oxygen, friends, water

• Shelter, friends, money, oxygen

Tags

NGSS.K-ESS3-1

NGSS.K-LS1-1

Match the words to their definition

• living

• 
• excretion

• 
• reproduction

• 
• non-living

• 
• movement

• 

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-1

NGSS.MS-LS1-3

Are plants living or non-living?

• Living

• Non-living

• Both

• Neither

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-1

Explain your anwer to the previous question

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-2

NGSS.MS-LS1-4

Sort the animals into the table

Groups:

(a) Mammals

,

(b) Fish

,

(c) Birds

,

(d) Amphibians

• newt

• salmon
• trout
• parrot
• salamander
• kangaroo
• tuna
• eagle
• owl

• sparrow
• deer

• axolotl
• goldfish
• tiger

• elephant
• frog

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

What is the difference between a vertebrate and an invertebrate?

Use the classification key to sort the animals.

a

b

c

d

mouse

snake

wasp

spider

Suggest an organism that could have gone into the empty box in the last question

What is a microorganism?

• A large animal

• A type of plant

• A tiny organism that can only be seen with a microscope

• A type of rock

Name three microorganisms.

• Bacteria, viruses, fungi

• Trees, flowers, grass

• Dogs, cats, birds

• Rocks, minerals, metals