# Living Systems: Plants and Animals

Central concept: **Plant and Animal Interaction**

## Connections

- Plant and Animal Interaction (includes) -> Food Chain
- Plant and Animal Interaction (involves) -> Animal Diet Types
- Plant and Animal Interaction (requires) -> Sensing and Responding
- Plant and Animal Interaction (needs) -> Environmental Protection
- Food Chain (shown as) -> Food Chain Representation
- Animal Diet Types (includes) -> Carnivores
- Animal Diet Types (includes) -> Herbivores
- Animal Diet Types (includes) -> Omnivores
- Sensing and Responding (detects) -> Sensory Stimuli
- Sensing and Responding (enables) -> Food Detection
- Environmental Protection (preserves) -> Habitat and Survival
- Food Chain (depends on) -> Habitat and Survival

## Notes

- **Plant and Animal Interaction**: Plants and animals interact with each other in various environments. [Outcome](https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/36337), [Understanding](https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/36340)
- **Food Chain**: Shows the order in which plants and animals depend on each other for food. [Knowledge](https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/36339)
- **Animal Diet Types**: Animals classified by what they eat: carnivores, herbivores, or omnivores. [Understanding](https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/36344)
- **Sensing and Responding**: Plants and animals sense and respond to stimuli in order to survive. [Understanding](https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/36348)
- **Environmental Protection**: Awareness of plant and animal interactions helps humans protect them. [Understanding](https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/36352)
- **Carnivores**: Animals that eat mostly meat. [Knowledge](https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/36343)
- **Herbivores**: Animals that eat only plants. [Knowledge](https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/36343)
- **Omnivores**: Animals that eat both meat and plants. [Knowledge](https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/36343)
- **Sensory Stimuli**: Water, food, temperature, and light that plants and animals respond to. [Knowledge](https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/36347)
- **Food Detection**: Animals use senses to detect the presence of food, predators, or other organisms. [Knowledge](https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/36347)
- **Food Chain Representation**: Food chains shown through illustrations, diagrams, stories, and words. [Knowledge](https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/36339)
- **Habitat and Survival**: Plants and animals depend on each other and their environments for food and habitat. [Knowledge](https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/36351)

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