Fun facts
When a raindrop hits the emergent layer in the rainforest. How many minutes does it take to reach the forest floor?
10 minutes.
What must a habitat include for an animal to survive?
Food, water, shelter and space.
Name three animals or plants that live in coral reefs?
coral
sea anemone
fish
eel
turtles
string rays
sharks
What are the two types of adaptations an animal can have?
Behavioral and Physical
Name two layers in the rainforest?
Emergent layer, canopy, understory, forest floor.
Why is an animals' shelter important?
It provides a safe space to protect them from predators and weather.
Name two plants and/or animals that live in a desert habitat.
desert fox
snakes
cactus
Lizzard
What type of adaption is being nocturnal? Behavior or Physical?
Behavior.
Are sea turtles nocturnal or diurnal?
Nocturnal. They lay their eggs at night and the eggs hatch at night.
What is a habitat that is very dry and hardly gets any rain?
Desert
Which habitat would you find squirrel, deer and moose?
Temperate forest
Some animals have large eyes so they can see at night. What type of adaptation is this? Behavior or physical.
Physical.
True or false. Predator can also be prey. Prey can also be a predator.
True.
Ocean
True or false. Can animals share a habitat?
True. Many different animals can share a habitat but they must have different jobs in the habitat.
True or false. Can an animal have both a physical and behavioral adaptation?
True. For example goose have webbed feet to help them swim in ponds which is a physical adaptation. They also fly south in the winter. Migration is a behavioral adaptation.
What is an animal called that eats both meat and plants?
omnivore
Name 5 different types of Habitats that we talked about over this unit.
Temperate forest
Arctic
Ocean
Rainforest
Desert
Give an example of two animals that have different jobs and share a habitat.
Example: An Owl and Red Hawk share a habitat. The owl hunts at night. While the Red Hawk hunts during the day.
Sea anemone and coral fish. Coral fish clean the sea anemone and the sea anemone protect the fish from predators.
How does mimicry protect prey from predators?
Tricks predators into think they are dangerous and then the predators do not eat them.