Reading Comprehension Passages: Characteristics of Organisms Fillable
ELA, Reading, Reading Comprehension, Science, Life Sciences, Biology, Common Core, Animals, Human Body
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Reading Comprehension Passages on Characteristics of Organisms for Life Science (Biology)
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Genre: Nonfiction.
Subject: Life Science.
Primary Topic: Plant and animal survival, cells, energy, and senses.
Estimated Guided Reading Level (A–Z): N.
What This Book Teaches Best
Explains what organisms need to live, including energy, food, water, air, sunlight, weather, and shelter, and shows that organisms cannot survive where those needs are not met.
Builds understanding of environments and ecosystems by introducing ecosystem, community, and population and by using tables and charts to compare places like deserts, rainforests, grasslands, and tundras.
Shows how survival depends on structures, instincts, learned behaviors, stimuli, responses, and reflexes.
Teaches the parts and functions of plant and animal cells and connects plant parts such as roots, leaves, stems, and trunks to their jobs.
Explains how plants and animals get and use energy through respiration and photosynthesis and how senses help animals gather information and avoid danger.
Learning Goals
Students will explain what plants and animals need from their environments in order to survive.
Students will compare different ecosystems and describe how living and nonliving things interact within them.
Students will describe how structures, instincts, learned behaviors, and reflexes help organisms survive.
Students will identify major plant and animal cell parts and explain each part’s function.
Students will explain how animals get energy from food and how plants get energy from sunlight.
Students will describe how sense organs, nerves, and the brain help animals respond to danger.
Part 1 - Characteristics of Organisms
Reading Passage 1: Animal and Plant Needs and the Environment
Reading Passage 2: Environments, Ecosystems, and Organisms
Reading Passage 3: Instincts, Behavior, and Survival
Reading Passage 4: Plant and Animal Cells
Reading Passage 5: Plant Structure, Function, and Survival
Reading Passage 6: Animals, Plants, and Energy
Reading Passage 7: Animal Needs and Animal Behavior
Reading Passage 8: The Five Senses and Survival
FILLABLE PDF VERSION
Worksheet-style pages, but with type-in answer boxes so students can complete and save their work digitally.
Other versions are available in the links list below or in the full catalog.
FULL CATALOG OF DOWNLOAD LINKS HERE
Grade 3/4 Links:
Physical Science Part 1 - Properties of Objects and Materials
Physical Science Part 2 - Position and Motion of Objects
Physical Science Part 3 - Light, Heat, Electricity, Magnetism
Life Science Part 1 - Characteristics of Organisms
Life Science Part 2 - Life Cycles of Organisms
Life Science Part 3 - Organisms and Environments
Earth Science Part 1 - Properties of Earth Materials
Earth Science Part 2 - Changes in the Earth and Sky
Earth Science Part 3 - Objects in the Sky
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