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Living Things - How Animals and Plants Depend on Each Other
Plants and animals need each other to survive.

Living Things - How Animals and Plants Depend on Each Other

Discover how animals and plants help each other, from bees visiting flowers to trees giving birds food and safe places to nest.

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Fascinating Fact:

Flowers use bright colours and sweet smells to attract insects, because they need help to make new seeds.

In KS1 Science, you learn that animals and plants depend on each other. Insects visit flowers for food and help with pollination, while plants provide shelter and tasty leaves or fruits for many animals.

  • Pollination: When pollen is moved from one flower to another so new seeds can grow.
  • Food chain: A simple diagram that shows who eats what, such as plant ? caterpillar ? bird.
  • Depend: To need something or someone to survive, like bees needing flowers and flowers needing bees.
How do animals and plants depend on each other in KS1 science?

Animals and plants depend on each other for food, shelter, and growing new life. For example, animals eat plants, and plants often need animals to spread seeds or pollen.

What is an easy example of plants and animals working together?

A simple example is a bee and a flower. The bee drinks sweet nectar for energy, and at the same time it carries pollen that helps the flower make seeds.

Why are insects important for plants?

Insects are important because they move pollen between flowers. This pollination helps plants make fruits and seeds, which provide food for many animals, including us.

1 .
What do we get from trees?
Metal
Plastic
Glass
Wood
Wood comes from trees
2 .
This is a sparrowhawk. It is a bird of prey. What does the sparrowhawk eat?
Grass
Leaves
Small birds
Slugs
The sparrowhawk is very fast. It has very good eyesight. It catches small birds in its claws
3 .
Which one of these animals lives in trees?
Dog
Rabbit
Squirrel
Hamster
Squirrels spend nearly all their time in trees. They come down to bury acorns in the ground
4 .
Which one of these animals eats minibeasts?
Cows
Sheep
Birds
Rabbits
Lots of birds eat minibeasts. They eat worms, grubs and flies
5 .
Many birds eat seeds. Where do the seeds come from?
The air
Rain
Plants
The sea
A lot of plants make seeds. Sparrows and other birds love eating seeds
6 .
If we chop all the trees down, which animal will have nowhere to live?
Dog
Rabbit
Squirrel
Hamster
Squirrels live in trees. If there were no trees the squirrels would have no homes
7 .
Why do we feed birds in the winter?
Because it is dark
Because it is cold
Because the birds are short of food
Because the birds are fun to watch
Birds are fun to watch. It is cold and dark in winter. But birds have less food in winter. So we help the birds by feeding them
8 .
This is a rhinoceros. It lives in Africa. It is drinking at a waterhole. The rhinoceros eats plants. It does not eat meat. What will happen if it does not rain?
The rhinoceros will be hungry
The rhinoceros will be thirsty
The rhinoceros will be hungry and thirsty
The rhinoceros will grow bigger
The poor rhinoceros needs food and water. If the rains do not come, the plants will die. The rhino will have less to eat. The waterholes will dry up. The rhinos will have no water to drink
9 .
This is a pond in a field. What happens if the pond is filled in? Which one of these animals will have nowhere to live?
Sheep
Cows
Rabbits
Frogs
Frogs need ponds. They live there. If the pond is filled in, the frogs will lose their home
10 .
What do sheep get from grass?
Food
Air
Wool
Sweets
Sheep eat grass for food. They have to eat a lot of grass every day
You can find more about this topic by visiting BBC Bitesize - Living things and their habitats

Author:  David Bland (Former Physics Teacher, KS1 Science & Geography Quiz Writer)

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