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INTERACTIVE HELP FOR PARENTS.

(Year 3)
Natural Science
Unit 1: Living organisms
Vocabulary
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Living organisms: living organisms, aquatic organism, ocean, seas,

river, pond, land organism, forest, city, algae, fungi, bacteria, and
microbes.
Recognising living organism: nutrition, interaction, reproduction, and
offspring.
Animal characteristics: feed, breath, oxygen, hear, smell, taste,
touch, locomotor system, climb, walk, swim and fly.
Where do animals live? : anywhere, liquid water, food, oxygen,
species, fauna.
Animal varieties: herbivores, carnivores, omnivores, oviparous,
viviparous, vertebrate and invertebrate.
Vertebrates: internal skeleton, spine, skull, brain, head, trunk, limbs,
tail, fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals.
o Fish: fins and scales
o Reptiles: scales, shell
o Amphibians: skin
o Birds: feathers, wings, fly, lay eggs.
o Mammals: fur, breasts.
Invertebrates: shell, armour plate, cnidarians, worm, echinoderm,
mollusc, arthropod.

Receptive language:
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Where do aquatic organisms live? They live in oceans, seas, rivers

and ponds.
Where do land organisms live? They live on dry land like forest or
cities.
What can living organisms be? They can be animals, plant, algae,
fungi, bacteria and microbes.

What do all living organisms have in common? Nutrition,

interaction and reproduction.
What three things does a living organisms need to live and grow?
Nutrition, interaction and reproduction.
Can you give me an example of nutrition? A rabbit eats grass,
drink water and breath air.
Can you give me an example of reproduction? Rabbits can have
baby rabbits.
What are the five characteristics of animals? They dont make
their own food, they breathe oxygen, they have got sense organs,
they feel sensations and they move.
Do animals make their own food? No, they dont
Animals can survive in almost anywhere on Earth if they have got
three things. Which ones? Liquid water, food and oxygen.
Do animals need sunlight to make food? No, they dont.
Do all animals need liquid water? Yes, they do.
How can we name animals depending on what they eat?
Herbivores, carnivores and omnivores.
What do herbivores eat? Herbivores eat plants.
What do carnivores eat? Carnivores eat animals.
What do omnivores eat? Omnivores eat Plants and animals.
In which two different ways are baby animals born? Animals can
be oviparous or viviparous.
Can you tell me an oviparous animal? Eagle, salmon
And a viviparous animal? Pig, elephant
Which lay eggs? Oviparous animals lay eggs
Which develop inside theirs mothers belly? Viviparous animas
develop inside theirs mothers belly.
What do vertebrates animals have inside their bodies?
Vertebrate animals have got a skeleton inside their bodies
Can you tell me an example pf a vertebrate? And invertebrate
animal?
What do you call an animal with no internal skeleton and no
backbone? It is called invertebrate.
How many types of vertebrates are there? 5
Can you tell me the name of the vertebrates groups? Reptiles,
amphibians, fish, birds, mammals.
Which group of vertebrates only live in water? Fish only live in
water.
What do fish have on their skin? They have scales in their skin.
What do mammals have on their skin? Mammals have hair or fur.

Are mammals vertebrates or invertebrates? What do they have

inside their bodies? Mammals are vertebrates, because they have
bones inside their bodies. They have got a skeleton.
What can birds do? Birds can fly.
Are birds vertebrates or invertebrates? Birds are vertebrates.
Are birds oviparous or viviparous? Birds are oviparous.
What do birds have in their skin? Birds have feathers in their skin.
Can you tell me the name of a reptile? Crocodile, snake,
chameleon, lizard, tortoise, turtle.
Are reptiles vertebrates or invertebrates? Reptiles are
vertebrates.
What do reptiles have on their skin? Reptiles have got scales on
their skin.
What do some reptiles have on the back of their bodies? Some
reptiles have got a shell on the back of their bodies.
Can you tell me the name of an amphibian? Frog, toad, salamander,
tadpole.
Where do amphibians live? Amphibians live on land but close to
water.
Are amphibians oviparous or viviparous? They are oviparous.
Are amphibians vertebrates or invertebrates? Amphibians are
vertebrates.
Can you tell me the types of invertebrates? Cnidarians, worm,
echinoderm, mollusc, arthropod.