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.