Animal Habitats
Adaptations
Name the Animal
Human Influence
Hard Animal Facts
100
Answers may vary. A place that animals or plants live. It has all of the resources these species need to survive.
What is the definition of the word habitat?
100
Flat tail (to scare predators/give warning), thick fur (to keep warm), big teeth (for cutting and eating)
What is an adaptation of the beaver?
100
Beaver
This animal lives in North America and Europe and is said to be the engineer of the animal world
100
Answer may vary
How might polluting affect a habitat?
100
Gorilla
What animal can catch human colds and other human diseases?
200
Answers may include: Cold temperature, lots of ice, lack of vegetation (few plants), food sources include seal, whale, etc.
Give three characteristics of the habitat you would find a Polar Bear living.
200
To blend in with the given surrounding by changing colour.
What does the term camouflage mean?
200
Lion
This animal is called the "King of the ____" but in fact lives in the Savannah's of Africa
200
The term global warming means the gradual rising of average temperatures around the world due to human interactions.
What is meant by global warming?
200
A parliament
What is a group of owls called?
300
Global warming, pollution or human contact
What is threatening the habitat of the Polar Bear?
300
Stomach can digest eucalyptus leaves (poisonous)
What is an adaptation of koalas?
300
Koala
What animal is also commonly known as the Drop Bear?
300
answers may vary
List two ways that humans can help animal habitats
300
A buck
What is the proper term for a male rabbit?
400
It means to cut down trees in a large number (which negatively effects many habitats)
What does the term "deforestation" mean?
400
Answers may vary.
What is the definition of adaptation?
400
Clown Fish
What animal has a bit of a funny name, and has starred in a few movies but in fact is not all that funny?
400
Deforestation, building of roads!
What sort of human influence has the amazon rainforest been affected by over the past few decades?
400
Bat
What is the only mammal that can fly?
500
South America
On what continent would I find the amazon habitat that is home to parrots, tree frogs, and several species of snakes?
500
Migration
What is the proper term for the adaptation that many birds take part in during late fall?
500
Crocodile
What animal has a cousin that lives in parts of North America, but looks a bit different (in the snout).
500
Endangered
What is the term we use to describe animals whose population is dropping (often times due to human influence)?
500
Ostrich
This male bird (large) can actually roar like a lion
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