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Correlation

Plant and Animal Life CyclesLiving and Nonliving Things

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Plants are living things. Animals are living things.

Sand and rocks are nonliving things. Glass is a nonlivingthing.

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Living things die. They canno longer do the things livingthings do

Nonliving things are different. They never could do the thingsliving things can do.

things do.

Nonliving things are different.

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Living things can reproduce.

Humans have babies.

Dogs have puppies.

Birds lay eggs.

Many plants have vefl owers that make seeds. The seeds grow into new plants.

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There are two groups ofnonliving things. Some werenever part of a living thing. Amarble is made of glass. Glasswas never a living thing.

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Some nonliving things were once part of a living thing.Paper is a nonliving thing.Paper is made from trees. Trees are living things.

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Living things change with the environment. Birds fl uff uptheir feathers when it’s cold. This keeps them warm. Some trees lose their leaves in the fall.

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All living things grow. Foodgives them energy to grow.

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All living things have some things in common.

All living things need food. Animals take in food. Greenplants make their own food.

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All living things move. Animals can crawl. They can walk. They can swim. They can fl y.Plants move by growing.

Many plants and animals liveon land. They take in air and other gases.

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All living things make waste. They do not need the waste. Plants get rid of waste. Animals get rid of waste. g

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