Home-Habitat

Creature Feature
Mammal, Bird, Fish, or Reptile?
Animal Homophones
ex. "Bare Bear"
Animal Alphabet
100
This is where a bird lives.
What is a nest?
100
Feathered wing
What is a bird?
100
Lion
What is a mammal?
100
This personal letter heading sounds like the word of a Minnesota white-tailed animal cousin to Bambi.
What is a "Dear Deer"?
100
This animal is actually an insect, that could ruin your picnic, if you sit on its hill-home. It is very strong for its size--it can pick up something that weighs 20 times its own weight!
What is an ant?
200
Ducks and geese share their freshwater homes with fish. Hint: We have many of these freshwater areas in Minnesota.
What is a lake or pond?
200
Hard shell covering (sometimes dome-shaped)
What is a turtle or tortoise?
200
Crocodile
What is a reptile?
200
This throat condition that affects your voice is also the name of a stallion (male) or mare (female).
What is a "Hoarse Horse"?
200
This big furry animal lives in the forest, hibernates through the cold winter months, and eats both plants and animals (which is called an omnivore).
What is a bear?
300
Stalactites and stalagmites cover the stone walls of these dark, damp homes where bats live.
What are caves?
300
Gills for respiration underwater (breathing)
What is a fish?
300
Penguin
What is a bird?
300
Your father's sister sounds like the word for a pesky insect that lives in sand hills.
What is an "Aunt Ant"?
300
This spotted wild cat is the world's fastest land animal. It can go from 0-60 mph in just three seconds!
What is a cheetah?
400
These large bodies of saltwater cover about 70% of the Earth's surface and contain roughly 97% of the Earth's water supply. We know four by name. (Can you think of them all?)
What are oceans? Atlantic, Pacific, Arctic, and Indian
400
Orange and black striped fur
What is a tiger?
400
Bat
What is a mammal?
400
This French chocolate dessert sounds like the word for the largest member of the deer family, a giant Northwoods mammal that has antlers that can grow up to six feet across!
What is "Mousse Moose"?
400
These mammals live in the ocean, and are very intelligent. They use a sonar system to communicate, and track prey through echolocation. Hint: You may have heard of this animal's celebrity cousin, Flipper.
What is a dolphin?
500
This type of habitat covers 1/5 of the Earth's surface. It can be extremely hot or extremely cold in these places, but there is always very little water. Hint: the hot, dry, and sandy type is home to rattlesnakes, lizards, ostriches, camels, and cacti.
What is the desert?
500
Eight tentacles Hint: Ocean dweller
What is an octopus?
500
Turtle
What is a reptile?
500
This happens to many cars in the winter after a large snowfall; and this hopping amphibian is a friend to Frog in one of our favorite books!
What is "Towed Toad"?
500
This plant-eater (or herbivore) is the largest land mammal, weighing roughly 15,400 pounds as adults! They have the largest brains in the animal kingdom and live in herds.
What is an elephant?
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