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This educational passage addresses NGSS K-LS1-1 by comparing plant and animal survival needs through a garden story. Students learn that plants require water and sunlight to survive, while animals need food and water. The content illustrates the fundamental difference that plants make their own food while animals must consume other organisms, introducing basic biological concepts through familiar garden observations.
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Sara planted seeds in her garden. She gave the seeds water and put them in sunny spots. Soon, green plants grew tall! The plants needed sunlight and water to stay healthy.
Sara saw a rabbit hopping near her garden. The rabbit was hungry and ate some leaves. Unlike the plants, the rabbit couldn't make its own food. It needed to eat plants to survive.
Both the plants and the rabbit needed water to live. But only the plants needed sunlight to make their food.
What do plants need to survive?
Only waterOnly sunlightBoth water and sunlightNeither water nor sunlight
How is the rabbit different from plants?
Plants need water but rabbits don'tPlants make their own food but rabbits need to eat other thingsRabbits need sunlight but plants don'tPlants and rabbits are exactly the same
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