Animal Needs and Movement
What is the definition of an animal?
An animal is a living thing that eats food, breathes air, is able to move, and can reproduce.
What type of animal is a crocodile?
A reptile!
What is a bird?
Birds have feathers and lay eggs
What is a life cycle?
A life cycle is a series of changes that an animal goes through as it grows up.
What is an adaptation?
An adaptation is a characteristic of an animal that helps it survive in its environment.
What are the five things animals need to survive?
Air, space, food, water, and shelter
What type of animal is a frog?
An amphibian!
What is an amphibian?
Amphibians are born in the water and have gills at birth (like fish), then later grow lungs
What change must a froglet go through in order to become a frog?
The froglet's tail disappears and it then becomes a frog.
What is a desert and what animals live here?
Deserts are very hot and dry without much vegetation. Vultures are an example of an animal that lives here.
What type of movement does a koala use?
It climbs!
What type of animal is a flamingo?
A bird!
What is a mammal?
Mammals are animals that have hair or fur, and their babies drink milk
What does a tadpole become once it grows back legs?
The tadpole becomes a froglet.
What is the name of a place that is a huge body of salt water?
An ocean
What type of movement does a snake use?
It slithers!
What type of animal is a dolphin?
A mammal!
What is a fish?
Fish are animals that live in water and have gills, scales, fins
What are the two words used to describe the cocoon a caterpillar forms in which it grows into a butterfly?
It is called a chrysalis or pupa
What is a grassland and what animals live here?
Most of the plants here are grasses. Elephants live here.
What does locomotion mean?
Locomotion means to move from one place to another.
What is an insect?
Insects have 6 legs and a segmented body (head, thorax, abdomen)
What is a reptile?
A reptile is an animal that is cold-blooded, has scales, and is born on land
What is metamorphosis?
Metamorphosis is when an animal changes from an immature/child form to an adult form.
What is the name of a place that is very cold and where snow is on the ground most of the year?
The arctic.