What Am I?
In our expository fiction passage, a pile of dead leaves just moved because I am camouflaged within the pile
What is a blotchy brown toad
What is the genre of the passage?
expository nonfiction
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AVOID
Define Predator
An animal that kills other animals for food
Why do plants and animals use mimicry or camouflage
To protect them from preditors
I am disguised as a stick or look just like that leaf.
What is a phasmids
Why would a black bear not survive in the arctic?
Because it would not blend in with its surroundings. Animals would see it and escape, so the black bear would not get any food.
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Define mimic
try to look or act like another person or thing
How do hornet moths, wasp beetles, and hoverflies protect themselves.
They mimic wasps, so animals will not eat them for fear of being stung.
I grow in southern Africa and ostriches love to eat me, but I am cleaver because I look like the Pebbles in the pathway.
What is the pebble plant.
How do katydids protect themselves?
Their coloring makes them look like leaves.
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RESEMBLES
Define lure
To attract something to you even though it could be dangerous
Explain how the skunk cabbage plant attracts insects?
Odor or smell
I have been classified as a Mullerian mimic. I am poisonous if eaten.
What is a Monarch butterfly
How does the polar bear's white color help it catch prey?
Its white fur helps it to blend in with the ice and snow so it can sneak up on its prey.
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DECEPTIVE
Define deceptive
to make something belive something that is not true
Is the passage real or make-believe?
Real
I look like a flower to attract my next meal.
What is the African Flower Mantis
What does the tongue of an alligator snapping turtle mimic?
a little pink worm
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Define traits
particular qualities inherited from a parent or parents
How does camouflage help a deer?
It helps it to hide in the woods, its spots look like sunlight.