Animals Unit 2:
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| What is a habitat? | a habitat is an animal's home.
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| Most animal's can only live in_____ habitat | one
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| True or False: If one animal dies, it can effect every other animal that lives in that habitat | true
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| What is a Biome? | a section of earth with the same climate (weather)
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| What are 7 examples of Biomes? | 1.desert 2.tropical 3.temperature 4.savannahs 5.tundra 6.forest 7.arctic and antarctic
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| Name examples of how animals can survive in areas that don't have much water: | get water through food they eat, special stomachs that store water,live off body fat,get water from plants,water storage system in body,only come out when temp is coolest,have light colored skin
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| What do animals do when weather changes and food becomes hard to find? | migrate and hibernate
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| Define Hibernate: | going to sleep during cold months and living off of the fat in the body;example-bears, bats, and squirrels hibernate through the winter either underground or in caves
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| Define Migrate: | move to a warmer climate with better food supply;example-most birds migrate south by following paths called flyways
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| The planet tilts_____the sun to cause______ | toward, summer
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| The plant tilts______from the sun to cause_____ | away, winter
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| What is the reason the equator is warm all year: | because it always receives sunlight no matter how the planet is tilted
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| What happens in the Summer? | plants are fully grown, plants grow the fastest, the sun is brightest and warmest, the ground is often dry, animals come out of hibernation and back from migration, animals have babies
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| What happens in the Spring? | plants start to bloom, best time to plant new plants, ground is warm and soft, and grass turns green, animals begin to lay eggs and nest
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| What happens in Winter? | Plants grow the slowest, plants usually die but their roots stay alive, and the air is very cold, animals hibernate
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| What happens in Fall? | leaves change color, sunlight becomes less, plants begin to produce seeds, the air begins to cool, and animals begin to store food for winter and hibernation
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| What three things do you need to be a wetland? | 1.land covered by water, 2.special plants growing there, 3.soil with hardly any oxygen
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| Name wetland animals: | barred owl, roseate spoonbill , alligator, river otter, eastern indigo snake, moose, red shouldered hawk
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| Name wetland plants: | strawberry bush, leather flower, cattails, cedar sedge, yellow jassamine swamp azalea
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| True or False: 20 percent of our planet is covered by tundra: | true
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| In the tundra, winter temperatures can drop to______, and in the summer it can rise to________ | minus 18 degrees, 54 degrees
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| The tundra is home to thousands of________ in the summer and lots of_______ that feed on the insects | insects, birds
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| Winds in the tundra can blow up to ____ miles per hour | 60
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| Why can't plants grow their roots down into the ground in the tundra? | because the ground is permanently frozen
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| How many different species of animals live in the tundra? | 48
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| What do humans use the tundra for? | mining diamonds and oil
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| Desert animals survive by being_____. This means they sleep_________ and are______ at night | nocturnal; during the day; awake
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| In the desert, what do animals do to escape the sun's heat? | dig burrows and tunnels underground
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| What do other animals in the desert do that can't dig their own burrows? | steal other animal's burrows
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| Animals can go into________ to avoid the heat | estivating
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| Estivating is like hibernation except: | not for as long of a period of time
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| In the desert, animals get water from: | prey, seeds and plants they eat
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| Examples of desert animals are: | lizard, fox, coyote, roadrunner, jackrabbit, and kangaroo rat
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| What do plants in the desert do to reduce the amount of sunlight that hits them? | they have no leaves, curl their leaves, or shed their leaves
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| What do plants in the desert have on their leaves so that water can't escape? | special wax coating
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| What are the water storage tanks for plants that live in the desert? | stems
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| Desert plants grow VERY________ to reach underground water | deep roots
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| Can seeds from desert plants survive a very long time waiting for rain to help them grow? | yes
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| Without_______, animals could not survive in the desert | plants
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| Examples of desert plants: | rat's tail, burro tail, tiger aloe, bunner ears, and verious cactuses
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| Adaptations for living in the deep ocean include: | special organs that glow in the dark; large eyes to see; body parts that attract other fish toward them for food; see through bodies; jaws that unhinge; stomachs that stretch; live on scraps that fall to the ocean floor
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| Name examples of deep ocean fish: | viper fish, gulper eel, lamprey, and hagfish
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