Characteristics Of Living Things JSS1 Basic Science Lesson Note

CHARACTERISTICS OF LIVING THINGS

CHARACTERISTICS OF PLANTS AND ANIMALS

Plants exist in different forms. These are: 

• Trees, e.g., mango, orange, guava, pawpaw, etc.
•  Flowers such as ice plants, hibiscus, yellow bush, pride of Barbados, etc.
•   Herbs like crotalaria, carpet grass, Bahamas grass, etc.

Animals can be classified as:

1.     Vertebrates e.g. man, cat, goat, sheep, cow, chicken, rabbit, etc.
2.     Invertebrates e.g. tsetse fly, earthworm, cockroach, etc.

DIFFERENCES BETWEEN PLANTS AND ANIMALS

CLASSWORK

1.     Mention the two broad classifications of living things
2.     Give five examples of living things and non–living things