Understanding Science is a series of books designed to reinforce skills and knowledge at Key Stage 2 of the National Curriculum. Each book focuses on a particular science topic with explanations and teaching points, exercises, answers section and glossary of terms. Animals and Plants come in all shapes and sizes, but have you ever wondered exactly how they relate to their surroundings and to one another? Living creatures both support and compete with each other as they feed, grow and reproduce. This book describes and explains the key features that they share and highlights some important differences between them. The Animals and Plants book includes: life cycles, seed dispersal, germination, habitats, adaptation, micro-organisms/decay and food chains.