Animal Needs
How do humans and many animals get oxygen from the air?
through body parts called lungs
I grow hair or fur. I give birth to live young. I drink milk from mother's body. What am I?
a mammal
Recite the monarch butterfly life cycle in order.
1. egg
2. larva or caterpillar
3. pupa
4. adult butterfly
True or false
A plant such as a fern can be a fossil.
true
fossil imprint
Fill in the blank.
Animals must meet their basic needs in order to ________.
survive
How do fish take in oxygen from water?
gills
What are some characteristics of birds?
1. feathers
2. wings
3. lay eggs
(True or False) The frog's life cycle is as follow:
1. egg
2. growing tadpole
3. young tadpole
4. frog
False
1. egg
2. young tadpole
3. growing tadpole
4. frog
How do scientist learn about dinosaurs.
They study fossils.
Synonym for caterpillar
larva
What do animals need to survive?
1. water/food
2. oxygen
3. shelter
4. space
Name an animal in the amphibian group.
toad, newt, frog
What's the difference between a tadpole and a frog.
A tadpole takes in oxygen with gills and a frog breathes with lungs.
What hard body parts from animals can be formed as fossils?
shells, bones, teeth, horns, claw
Fill in the blank.
Dinosaurs lived on Earth millions of years ago, but today they are _______.
extinct
What do you call an animal that eats only plants?
herbivores
What are the key differences between a reptile and amphibian?
Reptiles have dry skin covered with scales. They lay eggs on land.
Amphibians have smooth, wet skin. They live in water and on land. They lay eggs in water.
How's polar bear's life cycle different from a frog's life cycle?
A polar bear gives birth to live young (cubs), while frogs lay eggs.
Read the steps to how a fossil is formed. What's missing?
1. A living thing dies. Sediments (mud, sand, clay) covers it.
2. Its soft body body parts rots away. Its hard body parts remains.
3.
4. After millions of years, erosion removed the rock around the fossil. The fossil is found.
3. The sediments (mud, sand, clay) and hard body parts slowly turns to rock.
_______ is no longer living.
extinct
What do call an animal that eats other animals?
carnivore
Name the 6 different kinds of animals?
1. mammal
2. bird
3. reptile
4. amphibian
5 . fish
6. insect
Give an example of two animals that go through metamorphosis.
frogs, butterflies
Read the steps to how a fossil is formed. What's missing?
1. A living thing dies. Sediments (mud, sand, clay) covers it.
2.
3. The sediments (mud, sand, clay) and hard body parts slowly turns to rock.
4. After millions of years, erosion removed the rock around the fossil. The fossil is found.
2. Its soft body body parts rots away. Its hard body parts remains.
A young frog goes through changes to become an adult. These changes are called _________.
metamorphosis