Climate (Weather over time)
What type of climate is found in the Tundra/Artic habitat?
Cold-freezing, windy
Is saltwater water that you can drink?
You cannot drink saltwater. Saltwater is found in the ocean.
What kind of water can you drink?
Name 3 animals that live in the ocean habitat.
turtles, jellyfish, crabs, devilfish, corals, octipi, starfish lobsters, sharks, blue whales, plankton
What is camouflage? Give one example.
Animals use camoflage to blend in with their surroundings.
If something stands out, is it camoflaged?
What is a habitat?
A habitat is a place where an animal or plant lives that has food, water, and shelter.
Would the ocean be the deer's natural habitat?
What is climate?
Climate is the type of weather a place has over a long period of time; it is weather over time.
What is a canopy in a forest habitat?
The canopy is the top layer of the forest formed by the branches and leaves at the tops of trees.
Could you walk on the canopy?
What do carnivores eat?
Carnivores are animals that eat ONLY other animals (meat).
Give examples of carnivores.
What does adapted mean?
Adapted means to change over time to be better prepared for something or to be better able to do something.
How have animals adapted to the Artic?
What is shelter?
A shelter is something, a structure, that protects from weather or danger.
Would a car provide shelter in a storm?
What type of climate is found in the Temperate habitat?
The climate found in a Temperate habitat is not too hot and not too cold.
Which habitat was a temperate one?
What does shallow mean?
Shallow means not deep.
Should you learn to swim in shallow or deep water?
What do herbivores eat?
Herbivores are animals that eat ONLY plants.
Give a few examples of herbivores.
Why wouldn't animals and plants that live in a freshwater habitat be able to survive in a saltwater habitat?
The animals in the freshwater habitat would not be able to survive because of the saltwater.
Can people drink saltwater?
What is a scavenger?
Scavengers are animals that eat meat and waste left by other animals.
Would rats be considered scavengers if they eat leftover parts of food left by other animals?
What might a desert habitat look like?
A desert habitat would have lots of sand, cacti, and grasses. Roots would grow deep into the soil.
What kinds of animals might you see?
What does it mean to destroy something?
Destroy means to completely ruin.
Would it destroy a forest to cut down all the trees?
What is an omnivore?
Omnivores are animals that eat BOTH other animals and plants.
What might omnivores eat?
What does endangered mean?
Endangered mean that a group of living things could die out completely.
How did people contribute to endangering the bald eagle?
What 3 items do animals need in a habitat in order to survive?
What does survive mean?
What might the savanna habitat look like?
In the savanna habitat you'd see lots of grasses and Acacia trees.
What animals might you see?
What might a rainforest habitat look like?
A rainforest habitat would have very tall trees, Kapok trees, mosses, fungi, and vines. It would be shaded with little light. Decaying leaves would be found on the ground of this habitat.
What kind of animals might you see?
What does extinct mean?
Extinct means the end of a spies because ALL MEMBERS HAVE DIED.
Can you name an animal that is no longer living on Earth?
Is it true that the bald eagle is no longer an endangered species?
Yes, bald eagles are no longer endangered.
What did people do to stop them from continuing to be endangered?
What is a predator? What is a prey?
A predator is an animal that hunts and kills another animal.
A prey is an animal that is being hunted by another animal.
Which of these two animals are the predator? Which is the prey? (lion and zebra)