Diurnal vs. Nocturnal
What is a diurnal animal?
Diurnal animals are animals that move around, hunt, and eat during the day. At night, these animals find shelter to rest.
What sense is involved?
A fox uses sound to find its rare prey in the desert.
Hearing
What are plants that make their own food using sunlight called?
Producers
What is a nocturnal animal?
Nocturnal animals are animals that move around, hunt, and eat during the night. During the day, these animals find shelter to rest.
What sense is involved?
With its piercing gaze, a falcon is a fearsome predator
Sight
What are animals who eat plants and other animals called?
Consumers
Give 3 examples of a diurnal animal
Possible answers: eagle, deer, butterfly, squirrel
Which sense is involved?
A monkey picks fruit from trees with its hands
Touch
What are the organisms who break down dead plants and animals called?
Decomposers
Give 3 examples of a nocturnal animal
Possible answers: owl, bat, wolf, cat
Why is wild animals’ choice of food not a question of taste?
What is important for them is to find enough food.
Is a snake more likely to eat:
a) a grasshopper
b) a mouse
c) grass
d) a coyote
b) a mouse
What is the difference between predator and prey?
A predator hunts and eats animals that are prey. Pry are hunted by predators for their meat.
Name an animal and explain what they use their sense of smell for
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Tell me a food chain that starts with a producer, has 4 consumers, and ends with a decomposer
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