SESE Living Things
Living Creatures
Living creatures
All living creatures have to do the following
things:
• Feed
• Reproduce
• Grow
• Move
• Sense
Living creatures
Feed
All animals need to find
and eat food to get
energy.
This energy helps them
to move and grow.
Living creatures
Reproduce
All animals have
babies. This is called
reproducing.
Living creatures
Grow
All animals start life as a baby
and grow until they become
an adult.
Living creatures
Sense
All animals have to be
able to use their senses to
find out information about
the world.
They can do this by
seeing, hearing, tasting,
touching or smelling
things.
Living creatures
Move
All creatures have to be able
to move.
They move to find food,
escape things trying to eat
them and to find a mate.
Living creatures
Answers
Reproduce – Producing babies
Sense – Reacting to the things
around you
Grow – Getting bigger
Feed – Eating food
Move – Moving parts of the body
What’s for dinner?
What do you like to eat?
All animals have a particular type
of food which they like to eat.
Most animals have bodies which
are developed especially to help
them catch what they like to eat.
Can you work out what these
animals like to eat?
What’s for dinner?
I have long whiskers which I use to find animals living on the
ground at the bottom of the sea.
Seal
Pelicans
Photo credit Allie Hylton
Sea cucumbers
Photo credit Rudy Tiben
Crocodiles
No, try again…
No, try again…
Photo credit Allie Hylton
Yes, I eat sea cucumbers!
Photo credit Rudy Tiben
These strange animals live at the bottom of the sea.
What’s for dinner?
I have big strong jaws. I can swim really quickly which helps
me to catch my dinner.
Blacktip Reef Shark
Penguins
Fish
Black tip Reef
Shark
Gazelles
Photo credit John Beckett
No, try again…
Photo credit John Beckett
No, try again…
That’s right, I eat fish!
Some species of fish can swim really quickly. In order to
catch them, their predators have to be even quicker!
What’s for dinner?
I have long poisonous tentacles which I use to catch my
dinner.
Jellyfish
Plankton
Otters
Tuna
No, try again…
No, try again…
That’s right, I eat plankton!
Plankton are the smallest creatures in the ocean. They
live in water all across the world.
What’s for dinner?
I have powerful jaws which I use for crushing the shells of my
food.
Cownose Ray
Salmon
Sea snakes
Mussels
Photo credit Gavin Mills
No, try again…
No, try again…
That’s right, I eat mussels!
Photo credit Gavin Mills
Mussels have a strong shell which they use to protect
themselves, although this doesn’t put off some creatures!
What’s for dinner?
I live in warm waters. I swim quite slowly and use my
sharp beak to catch my dinner.
Sea turtle
Dolphins
Starfish
Jellyfish
Photo credit Paul Caputo
Photo credit Sias van Schalkwyk
No, try again…
No, try again…
Photo credit Sias van Schalkwyk
Yes, I eat jellyfish!
Photo credit Paul Caputo
Jellyfish live in all of the world’s oceans. They move
through the water very slowly.