Habitats
Name 2 habitats
Ocean, Rainforest, temperate forest, desert, polar, swamp, grasslands (savanna, prairie..>)
Are fish vertebrates?
Yes!
In winter birds migrate or hibernate?
Migrate
Plants drink from their...
roots
What is the main characteristic of a desert habitat?
It is dry.
What are the 5 categories of vertebrates?
Fish, birds, reptiles, amphibians, mammals
When a solid becomes liquid it...?
Melts.
When animals take the colour of their environment, we call it?
Camouflage.
What part of the plant takes the nutrients to the leaves and flower?
stem
What is the driest habitat? (in terms of precipitations).
Polar.
Which vertebrates are warm-blooded?
mammals and birds
When a liquid become a gas it is called?
boiling/evaporation
What is a common characteristic between most desert animals?
They drink rarely, find enough water in their food or store the water.
What is the biological characteristic of fruits?
They have seeds inside.
Name 2 grasslands and 2 woodlands habitats?
Prairies and savanna.
Temperate forest, boreal forest, tropical rainforest.
What are all the characteristics of land mammals?
4 legs, warm-blood, 2 eyes, fur or hair, carry babies and feed them milk.
What is the name of the gas we breath out?
carbon dioxide
How do polar sea mammals adapt to the cold?
They have a layer a fat called blubber.
List 4 things plants need to grow and live.
Water, sun, soil, nutrients.
Name 10 animals that live in the Amazonian rainforest.
Sloth, spectacled owl, pygmy owl, ants, boa constrictor, green boa, jaguar, tapir, hummingbirds, spiders, butterflies, flies, anteaters, harpy eagles...
What percentage of animals are vertebrates. Out of 100 animals how many are vertebrates +/- 5
5 per cent
What melts at a lower temperature?
Put them in order from the lowest to the highest melting point?
Copper/ice/chocolate/plastic
Chocolate/Ice/Plastic/Copper
Why are some animals colourful?
Give 3 reasons.
Camouflage to escape the predator or to be unnoticed by the preys.
Attract females.
Scare predators.
Cocoa tree, coffee tree, orchidea, cactus, banana trees.
Cactus.