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LIFE AND LIVING
GRADE
5 Plants and animals

on Earth

Overview

This topic includes the Natural Science and technology CAPS
content for ‘Many different plants and animals’ and ‘Inter-
dependence’.

The activities are:
Activity 1 Tuning in: Many different plants and animals –
biodiversity
Activity 2 Finding out more: Biodiversity counts
Activity 3 Trying out new ideas: Amazing biodiversity
Activity 4 Decide together: Biodiversity comparison

Key concepts

• Living things have structure, which make them to function in
a particular way
• On earth there are many different plants and animals living in
different habitats
• Plants, animals and their habitats make up the total
biodiversity of the Earth.
• Plants and animals depend on each other.
• Plants and animals also depend on the resources available in
their habitats.

Activity 1 Tuning in: Many different plants and
animals - biodiversity

Time: 55 minutes
Objectives
• define the term biodiversity.
• describe how biodiversity can be measured.

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