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Unit Summary

This unit explores how animals, including humans, have offspring that grow into adults and examines their basic survival needs, such as water, food, and air. It focuses on asking questions, observing closely, identifying and classifying, and using observations to suggest answers to questions.

Lesson Summary

You will learn to make observations and describe how an animal grows and changes in its life cycle.

Key Notes

• All animals grow and change from birth to being an adult
• The journey of an animal from beginning until it is fully grown is called its life cycle
• Scientists can use observation skills to describe the stage an animal has reached in its life cycle

Vocabulary To Learn

• animal: An animal is a living thing which moves, and eats other animals or plants.
• offspring: You can refer to a person's child or to an animal's young as their offspring.
• adult: The adult is a mature form of a plant or animal.
• life cycle: A life cycle shows the way in which a living thing changes as it grows.
• observe: To observe is to look very closely and use other senses too.

Common Mistakes To Avoid

• Children may think that there are only two stages in an animal's life; child and adult.

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

More Lessons In This Unit

• Changes in animal life cycles Study Guide
• Growing up Study Guide
• The basic needs of animals Study Guide
• Young animals Study Guide