As scientists say, an animal is any living thing, including people.0:05
Nobody knows how many different species of wild plants and animals there are on our planet.0:12
People discover hundreds of new kinds every year.0:18
In what way are animals different from plants?0:22
This question is not always easy to answer.0:26
Animals and plants get their food differently.0:29
Animals eat plants or other animals, while plants get their food from the air and soil with the help of their leaves and roots.0:32
But we know that some plants can catch and eat insects.0:41
Also, animals can move about and hide while plants grow in the same place.0:45
But there are some plants that can travel.0:51
And there are some that never leave their place.0:53
As you see, plants and animals have much in common.0:57
There are more than 300,000 different species of plants on the earth.1:01
Some plants grow very tall and live a very long life.1:06
Other plants are so small that you can see them only through a microscope.1:10
The same is true about animals.1:15
You can find plants and animals in the oceans and deserts, in mountains and in cold tundra plains.1:18
When people first learned to cultivate plants and domesticate animals, our civilization began.1:27
We can't live without them.1:34
Plants are able to use sunlight to grow.1:36
They breathe in carbon dioxide gas and breathe out life giving oxygen.1:39
They support life on the planet.1:45
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