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    Science Notes

    P3 Diversity

    Living Things

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    What are living things?
    • Living things are things that

    Need Can

    • Air • Grow
    • Food • Reproduce
    • Water • Respond to
    changes
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    What are non-living
    things?
    • Non-Living things are things that

    Do not need Cannot

    • Air • Grow
    • Food • Reproduce
    • Water • Respond to
    changes
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    Living Things reproduce
    • Through different ways
    Examples
    Laying eggs Giving birth

    By Seeds By Spores

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    How can Living Things be
    classified?
    • Living things can grouped further into
    4 main groups.

    Living
    Things

    Plants Animals Fungi Bacteria

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    What are plants?
    • Plants are living things that make
    their own food.
    Plants

    Leaves Stem

    Roots

    Flowering Non-Flowering

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    Flowering Plants
    • Reproduce by seeds

    • They have plants parts


    such as
    - Flowers,
    - Fruits which contain the
    seeds

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    Non-Flowering Plants
    • Reproduce by spores

    • The spores are usually


    inside spore bags.

    • Spore bags found at


    the back of the leaves

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    Difference in Leaves
    • All plants have different types of leaves.

    • They can be classified into different groups


    according to

    patterns of their vein


    OR
    shape of the leaves
    OR
    edge of the leaves

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    Leaves by vein patterns
    Parallel Patterns Network Patterns

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    Leaves by shapes

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    Leaves by edges

    lobed edge smooth edge jagged edge

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    What are Animals?
    • Animals are living things that move
    from place to place freely to find
    food.
    Amphibians

    Reptiles
    Animals

    Mammals

    Birds

    Insects

    Fish
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    How are animals
    grouped?
    • Animals are grouped by the special
    characteristics they share.

    Amphibians Reptiles
    - smooth, slimy skin - Dry, rough skin
    - Live on land and water - Covered with scales

    Birds Insects
    - Covered with feathers - 2 feelers, 3 body parts
    - Have 2 wings,a beak and 2 and 6 legs
    legs
    Fish Mammals
    - Breathe with gills - Covered with hair
    - Covered with scales - Produce milk for the
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    young.
    Some examples
    • Some additional information.

    Amphibians Reptiles
    - Use lungs to breathe on - Tortoise, lizard and
    land crocodile are reptiles
    - Use skin to breathe in
    water
    Birds Insects
    - Penguin and Ostrich are - Hard outer covering
    examples of birds that (exoskeleton)
    cannot fly - Some have wings and
    some do not have wings
    Fish Mammals
    - Most fish lay eggs Dolphin and Whale are
    - Guppies and Goldfish give mammals that live in water
    birth to young alive Platypus and anteater lays
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    eggs
    What are Fungi?
    • Fungi are living things that absorb its
    food.

    • It can be found growing on


    living things and things
    once alive.

    • Fungi reproduce by spores.

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    What are Fungi?
    • Most fungi can be seen with
    naked eye.
    • Mould, Mushroom, Toadstool

    • Some fungi cannot be seen


    with naked eye.
    • Yeast

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    What is Bacteria?
    • Bacteria are the living things that
    cannot be seen by naked eye.

    • Bacteria come in
    many shapes.

    • Bacteria
    reproduce by
    splitting

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    Science Notes
    P3 Diversity

    Materials

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    What are materials?
    • Materials are used to build objects.

    Plastic

    Metal

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    What are materials?
    • Examples of Materials are

    • Wood
    • Metal
    • Fabric
    • Ceramic
    • Plastic
    • Glass
    • Rubber

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    Properties of Materials?
    • Flexible: The material can be bended
    without breaking

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    Properties of Materials?
    • Strong: The material that does not
    break easily by mass or force

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    Properties of Materials?
    • Transparent: The material that allows
    light to pass through.

    • If a material does not allow light to


    pass through, it forms a shadow.

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    Properties of Materials?
    • Waterproof: The material that does
    not absorb water.

    • Waterproof material also does not


    allow water to pass through

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    Properties of Materials?
    • Ability to float or sink.

    • A floating material or object will be


    at least partially above water.

    • A sinking material or object will be


    fall right to the bottom.

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    Science Notes
    P3 Interactions

    Magnets

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    What can magnets do?
    • Attract magnetic materials

    • Iron
    • Steel
    • Cobalt
    • Nickel

    • Magnets can also be made from


    magnetic materials

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    What do magnets have?
    • Magnets have two poles, called North
    pole and South pole.

    • These poles are the strongest part of


    the magnet

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    How do magnets
    interact?
    • Magnets have two poles, called North
    pole and South pole.

    • Like poles repel (push)

    • Unlike poles attract (pull)

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    Summary
    • Magnets
    • Attract magnetic materials and unlike
    pole of another magnet

    • Only repel like pole of another magnet

    • So you can identify a magnet by


    repulsion.

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