What Am I?
I do not lay eggs. I like to swing from the trees of the rainforest. I teach my young how to take care of themselves. I have thick fur covering parts of my body. What kind of animal am I?
Mammal
What does the word "biology" mean?
What is the study of life?
What are the four main needs of animals?
What is food, water, oxygen, and shelter?
What are the four types of amphibians listed in the first paragraph on page 140 of the science textbook?
What are frogs, toads, salamanders, and newts?
I have rough, scaly skin. I have two small fins which help me to move around under water, and gills that help me to breathe oxygen. In my species, the boys carry eggs until they hatch. What am I?
What is a fish?
Define "shelter":
What is protection against weather and predators?
If an animal does not receive enough water, it will ______.
What is dehydrate?
What are two ways that animals get oxygen according to the passage on page 123?
What is breathing air, through tiny holes in their bodies, from water, or rising to the surface to breathe air?
I have two wings and two feet, but I do not have feathers. Instead, I have fur on some parts of my body. I give birth to live young instead of laying eggs. Do I use gills or lungs to breath?
What are lungs?
What does the word "organism" mean?
What are plants and animals?
How does a fish get the water that it needs?
Under the heading "Reptiles" on pages 138-139 in your science textbook, it says that reptiles are found almost everywhere on Earth except for ______.
What are very cold places?
I have four legs that carry me where I need to go. I need to be in warm climates in order to survive, I do not do well in winter weather! I give birth to live young who have dry, scaly skin.
What is a reptile?
What is a series of changes in appearance?
An animal's ______ is mostly based on getting what they need to survive.
Behavior
Under the heading "Types of Birds" on page 134, there is a caption for an illustration of a great blue heron. It says that a great blue heron's beak is useful for doing what?
I lay eggs instead of giving birth. I have soft, moist skin instead of scaly, rough skin. I love to spend my time in the water, it is where I was born! When I grow up I will be able to go on land.
How does this animal most likely get its oxygen?
What are gills?
What does the word "offspring" mean?
What is an organism's children!
A camp of fruit-bats live in the forest. They use trees as their shelter and eat the fruit from the trees as a part of their regular diet. One day, people begin cutting most of the trees down. What will the fruit bats most likely do?
What is move to another place to meet their needs?
On page 133 there is a graph showing the sizes of birds. Which bird has a body that is about 120 cm long?
What is an Emporer Penguin?