• 2. Plants and animals meet their needs in different ways. As a basis for understanding this concept:

  1. Students know different plants and animals inhabit different kinds of environments and have external features that help them thrive in different kinds of places.
  2. Students know both plants and animals need water, animals need food, and plants need light.
  3. Students know animals eat plants or other animals for food and may also use plants or even other animals for shelter and nesting.
  4. Students know how to infer what animals eat from the shapes of their teeth (e.g., sharp teeth: eats meat; flat teeth: eats plants).
  5. Students know roots are associated with the intake of water and soil nutrients and green leaves are associated with making food from sunlight.

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