Lesson 3.5 : Plant and Animal Interdependence

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Lesson 3.5 : Plant and Animal Interdependence

Learning objective

🌱 How Do Animals Help Plants?

Plants and animals help each other!

Animals eat seeds or hide them for later. Sometimes, they forget where they hid them!

Those forgotten seeds may grow into new plants. 🌳

Today, we will explore how animals help move seeds to new places!

What do you think happens when an animal forgets where it hid a seed?

A

A new plant might grow.

B

Nothing can ever grow.

The chipmunk forgot where it hid a seed. What might happen next?

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Match the animal to the right habitat.

How Do We Help Each Other?

Look at the tree and the squirrel. They help each other!

The tree gives the squirrel food, and the squirrel helps move the tree's seeds so new trees can grow.

How does the tree help the squirrel?

A

The tree hides the squirrel.

B

The tree gives the squirrel food.

How does the squirrel help the tree?

A

The squirrel hides seeds in new places.

B

The squirrel cleans the tree.