/learn/s27/t16200 /learn/node/56104 Plants are living things that generally have the following parts: roots, stem, leaves, flowers, fruits and seeds. Each part of the plant performs an important function for the plant. /learn/node/56105 Plants make their own food through photosynthesis. Herbivores eat plants, carnivores eat other animals and omnivores eat plants and other animals. The food chain makes people and animals dependent on plants for food. /learn/node/56106 Plants reproduce by making seeds; this involves the male (stamen) and female parts (pistol) of a flower. Some animals and the wind play an important role in pollination, i.e. transporting the pollen to the pistil /learn/node/56107 People need to eat nutritious balanced meals to stay healthy and alive; we can use the Food Pyramid to guide our eating habits. /learn/node/56108 Humans have an internal skeleton that supports the body. It is made up of lots of different kinds of bones joined together at the joints. When we move our brain it sends a message to the muscles to contract or tighten; this happens very quickly /learn/node/56109 An internal skeleton of bones supports the body of humans and many animals. Muscles are attached to the skeleton by means of tendons and enable the body to move. Some animals have an external skeleton; others are supported by fluid. /learn/node/56110 Humans and animals use their senses to gather important information and send it to the brain. Animals have very different kinds of sensory awareness; sometimes their senses are very superior to those of humans. /learn/node/56111 Humans are classified as primates and have similar needs and patterns of behavior to chimps. We need to show respect for wild animals and preserve wild animals’ natural habitats. /learn/node/56112 Animals go through different stages before they become adults; this is called a lifecycle. Frogs and butterflies change dramatically in their life cycles; this is called a metamorphosis. /learn/node/56113 Reproduction requires two parents – a male (produces sperm) and female (produces eggs); when the male and female animal parents come together for sexual reproduction this is called mating. When an egg is fertilised by sperm it grows into an embryo and later becomes a new individual