Vocabulary
Adaptations
Seasons
Migration
Fossils
100
What is it called when animals move from one place to another?
Migration
100
Name an adaptation on a seal and tell what it is for.
small ears, blubber
100
Name a change that a plant or an animal goes through in the winter.
Hibernation, dormancy
100
Why do birds migrate?
To go to warmer weather.
100
Name one example of a fossil.
footprint, leaf imprint, fish, wooly mammoth, stone, dinosaur, etc.
200
What is it called when an animal "rests" for a long period of time?
Hibernation
200
Name an adaptation of a penguin and tell what it is for.
streamlined body, webbed feet, slick feathers
200
Name a change that a plant or an animal goes through in the spring.
Buds form on tree, animals have babies
200
Name two reasons an animal would need to migrate? (OTHER than to get to a warm place.)
To get water, to find food, to find a mate, etc.
200
How did the fish stone fossil form?
fish died, flesh rotted away, got buried under mud and sand and more and more layers pressed down on the animal to turn it to rock.
300
What is it called when an animal blends in with the surroundings?
Camouflage
300
Name an adaptation of a desert animal and tell what it is for.
fox - big ears to let out heat snake - rolls along hot sand with only 2 parts touching cactus - stores water camel - humps with extra fat for water
300
Name a change that a plant or an animal goes through in the fall.
leaves fall off of trees, animals start gathering food for hibernation
300
When and why does an elephant migrate?
During the dry season to find water.
300
How do scientists know that some land areas used to be oceans?
They found ocean animal fossils on land recently.
400
What is it called when a plant stops growing for a season?
Dormancy
400
Name an adaptation of a chameleon and tell what it is for.
changes color to be camouflaged!
400
Name a change that a plant or an animal goes through in the summer.
Eat lots of food, change color
400
Why and where does a sperm whale migrate?
To find a mate at the equator.
400
Why do scientists need to study fossils?
To learn about animals and our Earth from long ago.
500
What is a change that has happened to an animals for it to survive in a habitat?
Adaptation
500
Name an adaptation of a giraffe and tell what it is for.
long neck to reach food
500
Name a change that a plant or an animal goes through in the fall.
Migration, coat changes color
500
Where and why does the red crab migrate?
To have babies in the ocean.
500
An insect would be a fossil found in what?
Sap/Amber
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