Basic Needs of Living Things

Basic Needs of

Living Things

Living Things

Identifying Basic Needsof all Living Things

What do all these livings things need?

Let’s find out!

Let’s play the “Mystery Animal”

game!Rules:1. Listen to the clues about the living thing.2. We will do one animal at a time.3. The clues will tell the needs of a specific living thing.4. Write each clue & guess the living thing.

I live in a den.

I like to eat berries and fish.

I breathe fresh mountain air.

I drink fresh mountain river water.

I have a thick fur coat to keep me warm.What kind of living thing am I?

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I live in a large body of water.

I eat fish for dinner every night.

I sometimes breathe fresh ocean air.

I never run out of water to drink.

I have very shiny, slippery skin over fat that keeps me warm.

What kind of living thing am I? HintDo you need

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I live in the trees.

I eat a lot of vegetation.

I breathe warm, humid air.

I drink from rivers near waterfalls.

I fur to keep me warm in the cool rain.

What kind of living thing am I?

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JOURNAL:

• Think about all these living things.

• Think about the clues you saw for each living thing.

• Write about the 4 basic needs that all living things require to live.

• What was the fifth need that was identified in the game?

Animal 1 Hint:

I sometimes climb trees and eat honey!

Go back to find out.

Animal Hint #2:I can spout water

from an air hole.

Go back to find out.

Animal Hint #3

I can swing from trees.

Go back to find out.