Plants
These plants cannot get the nutrients they need from the soil, so they have adapted to digest small animals and insects.
What is a Venus Fly Trap?
These creatures look exactly as their name suggests. This helps them to blend into their environment to hide from predators who mistake them for twigs and branches.
What is a Stick Bug?
These animals have long necks and tongues helping them to reach up high for food. They are also believed to have long necks to help them fight for mates.
What is a Giraffe?
The word that means to change to better suit the environment/habitat it lives in.
What is Adaptation?
A dry, barren area of land, especially one covered with sand, that is characteristically desolate, waterless, and without vegetation.
What is a Desert?
They can be found in very cold climates such as Alaska. They grow close to the ground to keep out of the harsh conditions and they are covered in fine silky hairs to keep warm.
What is the Pasque Flower?
This animal has long, thick, shaggy hair which almost touches the ground. This hair helps them to survive the freezing cold Alaskan temperatures.
What is a Musk Ox?
They can be found in the desert where there is very little water. They have spines instead of leaves to reduce the amount of water they lose.
What is a Cacti?
The word that describes a group of animals that are hunted and eaten by predators.
What is prey?
An area of land overgrown with dense forest and tangled vegetation, typically in the tropics.
What is a Jungle?
They have wide, flat leaves to help them float at the surface of the water. They have thorns on the bottom of the leaves which help to support them and stop them from being eaten by predators
What is a Water Lily?
This creature has white fur during the Winter and reddish-brown fur during the summer. The change to their color helps them to stay camouflaged from predators throughout the year.
What is an Artic Fox?
They can be found in rainforests. They have big, fan-shaped leaves which help them to catch sunlight and water. Their leaves are split into segments so when it rains heavily, they can drain the extra water.
What is a Fan Palm?
The natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organism.
What is a Habitat?
A large open area of grassland, especially in the Mississippi River valley.
What is a Prairie?
It can be found in dry and hot climates where droughts and fires are common. Their roots grow deep into the soil to reach as much water as possible. The roots are also able to survive fires so even when the parts above the ground are destroyed they can regrow quickly.
What is Prairie Grass?
They hibernate in the Winter when it is cold and there is less food. By sleeping through the Winter months, they save a lot of energy which helps them to survive. They also have spikes on their bodies to protect themselves from predators.
What is a Hedgehog?
When they are under threat, they pump air or water into their stretchy stomachs which makes them double in size.
What is a Pufferfish?
Substances that provides nourishment essential for growth and the maintenance of life.
What are nutrients?
A vast, flat, treeless Arctic region of Europe, Asia, and North America in which the subsoil is permanently frozen.
What is a Tundra?
They have thorns along their stems. These thorns protect them from being eaten by predators. They also help the plant to hold on to other plants when growing over them.
What is a Rose?
Many live in the desert where there is often a shortage of food and water. They store fat in humps on their back so when they cannot find food, their body can use this for energy.
What is a Camel?
This group of animals prey on other animals in order to eat.
What are Predators?
To spend the winter in a dormant state.
What is Hibernate?
This words means pertaining to water; growing in water; living in, swimming in, or frequenting the margins of waters. It begins with an A
What is Aquatic?