Vocabulary
What are animals that come out only at night called?
What is Nocturnal
What is it called when you can see clearly in the night?
what is night vision
What is an animal that uses echolocation to hunt at night called?
what is a bat
true or false - bats are the most well known nocturnal animal
true
What are animals that only come out during the daytime called?
What is diurnal
True or false diurnal (daytime) animals have better hearing than nocturnal (nighttime) animals
False
I am a bandit in the night who loves scavenging in garbage cans. What am I?
What is a raccoon
Why have some animals adapted to staying awake at night?
Possible answers - avoiding predators, avoiding the heat of the day, hunting, and mating
true or false - some animals can be both considered nocturnal and diurnal
true - these are called cathemeral animals such as coyotes and lions
What is an adaptation that owls have to be awake at night?
what is large eyes
what is a nocturnal animal that hangs by its tail and plays dead?
what is an oppossum
True or false - some plants are considered nocturnal because they are able to complete photosynthesis during the nighttime
True - some plants in the desert have adapted to bringing in carbon dioxide until after the sun goes down due to the intense heat