The world is made up of both living and non-living things. 

Living things are things that are alive. Living things eat so that they can grow and develop. Non-living things have never been alive, they are just objects. 

A butterfly, grass, and a cat are all living things. They grow and develop over time. However, a car is an object that does not grow or develop. It is an objects, which means it is non-living. 

The world is made up of both living and non-living things. 

Living things are things that are alive. Living things eat so that they can grow and develop. Non-living things have never been alive, they are just objects. 

A bird, plant, and worm are all living things. They grow and develop over time. However, a swing is an object that does not grow or develop. It is an objects, which means it is non-living. 

The world is made up of both living and non-living things. 

Living things are things that are alive. Living things eat so that they can grow and develop. Non-living things have never been alive, they are just objects. 

A car, kite, and string are not alive. They do not grow or develop.  However, grass grows and develops, which means it is living. 

The world is made up of both living and non-living things. 

Living things are things that are alive. Living things eat so that they can grow and develop. Non-living things have never been alive, they are just objects. 

A TV, fork, and table are not alive. They do not grow or develop.  However, fish grows and develops, which means it is living. 

Plants use their roots to absorb water from the ground to help them survive. Humans also need water to survive and a way we mimic (or copy) the way a plant solves this problem is by using a straw. We use a straw to drink water to help us live.

Humans can copy water lilies and use a raft to float on the surface of the water. The leaves of a water lily float on the surface of the water with their flat bottoms so they can absorb sunlight. We can also float on top of the water but we do not have leaves like plants do.

Plants have external structures used for survival. Roots are used to absorb water, the stem keeps a plant upright, leaves are used to absorb sunlight and carbon dioxide to make food, and the flowers are used for pollination.

One human problem that can be solved by mimicking (copying) plants is how we protect our heads on a bicycle. The shells of nuts like the acorn are hard and protect what is inside. Helmets are made to be hard and shaped like our heads to protect us if we fall.

Humans often mimic plants to solve problems in their everyday life. Livestock such as goats or pigs are prey animals and can be eaten if not protected. The thorns on a rose bush will poke or cut something trying to eat it or climb up it. Barbed wire fences will cut or stick something that tries to climb in or out of the pasture.

To mimic someone or something means to copy or act the same as. Little brothers and sisters like to mimic or copy older siblings to annoy them! Humans also mimic plants and animals to solve problems.