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Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 1: Types of Plants
Lesson 1: What is a Plant?


What four things do all plants need?
water, light, soil, and air
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 1: Types of Plants
Lesson 1: What is a Plant?

What does the sun provide plants?
light
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 1: Types of Plants
Lesson 1: What is a Plant?

Define: roots
The part of the plant that are underground and hold a plant in the ground and take in water and nutrients from the soil.
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 1: Types of Plants
Lesson 1: What is a Plant?


Define: stem
The part of the plant and supports the plant about ground and carries water and nutrients from the roots to other parts of the plant.
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 1: Types of Plants
Lesson 1: What is a Plant?

Define: leaves
The part of the plant that grow out of the stem and take in the air and light a plant needs.
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 1: Types of Plants
Lesson 1: What is a Plant?

How does water in the soil get to a plant's leaves?
The plant's roots take in the water from the soil and carry it to the stem. The water then travels up through the stem to the leaves and other parts of the plant.
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 1: Types of Plants
Lesson 1: What is a Plant?

What is a cell?
the building block of all living things
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 1: Types of Plants
Lesson 1: What is a Plant?

What part of the cell can be compared to your brain? Why?
The nucleus has the instructions the cell needs to do its job. Your brain has the instructions your body needs todo its job.
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 1: Types of Plants
Lesson 1: What is a Plant?

What is the purpose of the cell membrane and where is it located?
The cell membrane surrounds the cell and controls what goes into and out of the cell.
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 1: Types of Plants
Lesson 1: What is a Plant?

What is the purpose of the cell wall? Why is the cell wall thick?
The cell wall protects the cell and gives it shape.
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 1: Types of Plants
Lesson 1: What is a Plant?

What helps keep the parts of the cell in place?
cytoplasm
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 1: Types of Plants
Lesson 1: What is a Plant?

When you observe a leaf, what can helpyou tell what plant the leaf is from?
size, shape, and the edges
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 1: Types of Plants
Lesson 1: What is a Plant?

What are five parts of a plant cell?
cell wall, cell membrane, nucleus, vacuole, chloroplast
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 1: Types of Plants
Lesson 1: What is a Plant?

What plant part supports the leaves and branches of a tree
the stem
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 1: Types of Plants
Lesson 1: What is a Plant?

How might you care for an indoor plant?
provide the plant with water and soil and keep it where it will get enough light and air
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 1: Types of Plants
Lesson 1: What is a Plant?

What plant part takes in water and nutrients from the soil are the
roots
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 1: Types of Plants
Lesson 2: What is a Simple Plant?

How is a simple plant different from a tree?
A simple plant has no roots, stems, or leaves.
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 1: Types of Plants
Lesson 2: What is a Simple Plant?

How do the leaflike parts of a moss plant get water and nutrients?
The leaflike parts that take in water and minerals directly from the environment.
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 1: Types of Plants
Lesson 2: What is a Simple Plant?

How are mosses different from daisies?
Diasies have tubes that move water and minerals; mosses do not.
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 1: Types of Plants
Lesson 2: What is a Simple Plant?

Why are most simple plants small?
The plants do not have tubes for moving water. Theymust be small so that water and minerals can reach all parts of the plant.
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 1: Types of Plants
Lesson 2: What is a Simple Plant?

If you find a plant growing in a shady spot, how can you tell whether it is a simple plant?
Observe its size and how it is growing; if it is a mat of closely packed small plants with small rootlike structures, then it is likely to be a simple plant; look for tubes in the leaves, if tubes are not present, thenit is probably a simple plant.
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 1: Types of Plants
Lesson 2: What is a Simple Plant?

Where fo most simple plants grow?
damp places
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 1: Types of Plants
Lesson 2: What is a Simple Plant?

What is a simple plant?
Simple pants do not have true roots, stems, and leaves.
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 1: Types of Plants
Lesson 2: What is a Simple Plant?

What do true roots, stems, and leaves have that simple plants do not have?
tubes through which food and nutrients can move
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 1: Types of Plants
Lesson 2: What is a Simple Plant?

How do the parts of a simple plant get water and nutrients?
They take in food and minerals directly from the environment.
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 1: Types of Plants
Lesson 2: What is a Simple Plant?

Why are simple plants small?
They do not have tubes for moving water and minerals long distances.
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 1: Types of Plants
Lesson 3: What Kinds of Plants Have Seeds?
What is a seed?
the first stage of growth in many plants that have roots, stems, and leaves.
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 1: Types of Plants Lesson 3: What Kinds of Plants Have Seeds?

How do you know that a dandelion produces seeds?
A dandelion's seeds can be easily seen.
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 1: Plants and Animals
Lesson 3: What Kinds of Plants Have Seeds?

Name five plants that form seeds.
dandelions, pine trees, watermelon, apples, petunias, pansies
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 1: Types of Plants
Lesson 3: What Kinds of Plants Have Seeds?

What size and shape are seeds?
Seeds may be many differnt sizes and shapes
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 1: Types of Plants
Lesson 3: What Kinds of Plants Have Seeds?

What do all seeds have in common?
All seeds become plants that look like the plants they came from
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 1: Types of Plants
Lesson 3: What Kinds of Plants Have Seeds?

Why might a sunflower produce so many seeds?
So there is a greater chance that one may grow into a new sunflower plant.
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 1: Types of Plants
Lesson 3: What Kinds of Plants Have Seeds?

A pinecone looks very different from a sunflower. What do a pinecone and a sunflower have in common?
They both produce seeds.
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 1: Types of Plants
Lesson 3: What Kinds of Plants Have Seeds?

Could a pine tree grow from a sunflower seed?
No, only a sunflower will grow from a sunflower seeds.
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 1: Types of Plants
Lesson 3: What Kinds of Plants Have Seeds?

Why are seeds often found inside fruit?
Studes may respond that fruit protects seeds, or that fruit which ontains seeds may be carried by birds or other animals away from the plant that produced it. This helps a plant ensure its survival.
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 1: Types of Plants
Lesson 3: What Kinds of Plants Have Seeds?

What does a seed do?
A seed becomes a plant that looks like the plant it came from.
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 1: Types of Plants
Lesson 3: What Kinds of Plants Have Seeds?

How are the needs of plants and seeds the same? How are they different?
Both seeds and plants need air and water. Plants also need light and soil.
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 1: Types of Plants
Lesson 3: What Kinds of Plants Have Seeds?

Why do you think the needs of seeds and plants differ?
Seeds sprout underground, so they don't need light to grow; seeds don't have all the parts thta a complete plant has, so they have fewer needs.
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 1: Types of Plants
Lesson 3: What Kinds of Plants Have Seeds?

A seed is a system made up of several parts. What are the main parts of a seed?
the seed coat, the seedling or young plant, and stored food
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 1: Types of Plants
Lesson 3: What Kinds of Plants Have Seeds?

Why is it important for seeds to be able to survive for a long time before growing into a plant?
Seeds may need to survive hot, cold, wet or dry conditions before germinating. Seeds that can stay viable (able to grow) over a long period of time will have a greater change of germinating under favorable conditions than those that stay viable for only a short period.
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 1: Types of Plants
Lesson 3: What Kinds of Plants Have Seeds?

What are the parts of a seed?
a seed coat, a seedling, and food for the plant
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 1: Types of Plants
Lesson 3: What Kinds of Plants Have Seeds?

Female pine cones produce seeds. How does a pine tree spread its seed?
When the seeds are ready, the cone opens and its seeds fall onto the ground
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 1: Types of Plants
Lesson 3: What Kinds of Plants Have Seeds?

Where are the seeds of a pine cone located?
The seeds are located inside the pine cone
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 1: Types of Plants
Lesson 3: What Kinds of Plants Have Seeds?

Flowers also produce seeds. Why does a flower produce so many seeds?
Flowers produce many seeds so that the seeds thave a better chance for survival.
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 1: Types of Plants
Lesson 3: What Kinds of Plants Have Seeds?

Seeds come in many different sizes. How are seeds protected so that they may have a good chance for survival?
Some seeds, like coconuts, are very hard. Other seeds, like apple seeds, are surrounded by the fruit.
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 1: Types of Plants
Lesson 3: What Kinds of Plants Have Seeds?

Where do seeds form?
the pistil
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 1: Types of Plants
Lesson 3: What Kinds of Plants Have Seeds?

What are some ways seeds are spread from one place to another?
some possible ways include by wind, by water, by animals or people
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 1: Types of Plants
Lesson 3: What Kinds of Plants Have Seeds?

What are two ways animals help spread seeds?
by carrying the seeds on their bodies or in their digestive systems
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 1: Types of Plants
Lesson 3: What Kinds of Plants Have Seeds?

Other than by animals, what are some ways seeds are spread?
by bolting (being shot from plants), by air, and by water
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 1: Types of Plants
Lesson 3: What Kinds of Plants Have Seeds?

What parts do some seeds have that help them cling to an animals's fur?
hooks
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 1: Types of Plants
Lesson 3: What Kinds of Plants Have Seeds?

How do the fluffy parts of the milkweed help it be spread?
Milkweed seeds are spread by the wind. The fluffy parts can be easily caught and blown by the wind.
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 1: Types of Plants
Lesson 3: What Kinds of Plants Have Seeds?

How might a seed that is spread by wind look different from one that is spread by water?
Seeds that are spread by wind have flat or fluffy parts that catch the wind. Seeds spread by water are rounded so they can float easily.
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 1: Types of Plants
Lesson 3: What Kinds of Plants Have Seeds?

What is a seedling?
the small plant that comes out of the seed
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 1: Types of Plants
Lesson 3: What Kinds of Plants Have Seeds?

What are some ways plants make new plants?
plants can form seeds that grow into new plants; some new plants can grow from plant parts
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 1: Types of Plants Lesson 3: What Kinds of Plants Have Seeds?

Describe some ways an animal can carry a seed from one place to another.
on its fur; through its digestive system
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 1: Types of Plants
Lesson 3: What Kinds of Plants Have Seeds?

If two seeds look alike, will they always grow into plants that look the same?
No, the seeds will grow to look like the plants they came from
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 1: Types of Plants
Lesson 3: What Kinds of Plants Have Seeds?

What happens when a seed germinates?
a root grows from the seed
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 1: Types of Plants
Lesson 3: What Kinds of Plants Have Seeds?

What three things can plants grow from?
spores, seeds, or plant parts
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 1: Types of Plants
Lesson 3: What Kinds of Plants Have Seeds?

Define: germinate
the small plant breaks out of the seed
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 1: Types of Plants
Lesson 3: What Kinds of Plants Have Seeds?

What might a Venus' flytrap do with the insects it catches?
The Venus' flytrap dissolves the insects and uses the nutrients in them.
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 1: Types of Plants
Lesson 4: How Do Plants Make Food?

Why do you think the leaves of plants move to face the sun?
Plants need sunlight to carry out photosynthesis. Most photosynthesis takes place in the leaves.
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 1: Types of Plants
Lesson 4: How Do Plants Make Food?

Define: photosynthesis
food-making process
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 1: Types of Plants
Lesson 4: How Do Plants Make Food?

Define: process
a way of doing something
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 1: Types of Plants
Lesson 4: How Do Plants Make Food?

What is chlorophyll
helps the plant use energy from the sun to make food and gives most plants its green color
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 1: Types of Plants
Lesson 4: How Do Plants Make Food?

Name four things plants need for photosynthesis.
chlorphyll, sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 1: Types of Plants
Lesson 4: How Do Plants Make Food?

What happens during photosynthesis?
1. a plant takes in sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide. 2. The chlorophyll in the leaves lets the plant use these things to make food. 3. plant makes sugar and gives off oxygen.
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 1: Types of Plants
Lesson 4: How Do Plants Make Food

What does a plant die off to its surroundings during phtosynthesis?
oxygen?
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 1: Types of Plants
Lesson 4: How Do Plants Make Food?

What does a plant make during phtosynthesis?
sugar
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 1: Types of Plants
Lesson 4: How Do Plants Make Food?

What are two ways plants use the food they make?
to grow and to make seeds
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 1: Types of Plants
Lesson 4: How Do Plants Make Food?

What happens to food that is not used by the plant?
It is stored in stems, roots, or fruits for later use
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 1: Types of Plants
Lesson 4: How Do Plants Make Food?

Which part of the celery plant do people use as food?
the stalks
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 1: Plants and Animals
Lesson 4: How Do Plants Make Food?

Which part of the strawberry plant and the banana plant do people use as food?
the fruit
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 1: Types of Plants
Lesson 4: How Do Plants Make Food?

Which plant part do you eat when you eat a potato?
the stem
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 1: Types of Plants
Lesson 4: How Do Plants Make Food?

What are three ways plants use the food they make?
Plants use the food they make to grow and to make seeds. They also store it in stems, roots, and fruits.
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 1: Types of Plants
Lesson 4: How Do Plants Make Food?

Why are plants green?
because they contain chlorophyll
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 1: Types of Plants
Lesson 4: How Do Plants Make Food?

How does chlorophyll help in photosynthesis?
Chlorophyll helps the plant use energy from the sun.
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 1: Types of Plants
Lesson 4: How Do Plants Make Food?

What do plants give off during photosynthesis?
oxygen
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 1: Types of Plants
Lesson 4: How Do Plants Make Food?

What is a drought-resistant plant?
It is a plant that has traits that allow it to live successfully in an area that has either little water all year long or wet and dry peoriods.
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 1: Types of Plants
Lesson 4: How Do Plants Make Food?

How can planting drought-resistant plants help the environment?
It can reduce the amount of water taken from the environment to water plants
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 1: Types of Plants
Review

Many new plants grow from ---.
seeds
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 1: Types of Plants
Review

The plant parts that grow out of stems are ---.
leaves
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 1: Types of Plants
Review

All plants are made of ---.
cells
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 1: Types of Plants
Review

--- gives plants their green color.
Chlorophyll
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 1: Types of Plants
Review

A seed needs water to ---.
germinate
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 1: Types of Plants
Review

A young plant is a ---.
seedling
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 1: Types of Plants
Review

The underground parts of a plant that take in water and nutrients from the soil are the ---.
roots
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 1: Types of Plants
Review

The food-making process of plants is ---.
photosynthesis
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 1: Types of Plants
Review

A --- connects the roots and leaves of a plant.
stem
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 1: Types of Plants
Review

A plant with no roots, stems, or leaves is a ---.
simple plant
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 1: Types of Plants
Review

Simple plants have ---.
spores
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 2: Types of Animals
Lesson 1: What is an Animal?


Name three things animals need
food, water, and shelter
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 2: Types of Animals
Lesson 1: What is an Animal?

How do animals get oxygen?
from the air or from water
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 2: Types of Animals
Lesson 1: What is an Animal?

Do all animals that live in water get their oxygen in the same way?
No. Fish are able to get their oxygen from the water. Other water anaimls, such as whales and dolphins, must some to the surface to get air.
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 2: Types of Animals
Lesson 1: What is an Animal?

Name two ways animals get oxygen.
Amimals take in oxygen from the air or from water.
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 2: Types of Animals
Lesson 1: What is an Animal?

How do animals get the water they need?
by drinking water or from the foods they eat
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 2: Types of Animals
Lesson 1: What is an Animal?

How is the way an alligator gets oxygen similar to the way a whale gets oxygen?
Both animals must come to the surface of the water to breahe air to get the oxygen they need.
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 2: Types of Animals
Lesson 1: What is an Animal?

How does the way a fish gets oxygen differ from the way an alligator gets oxygen?
A fish can in oxygen from the water; an alligator must come to the surface to breathe air.
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 2: Types of Animals
Lesson 1: What is an Animal?

Who do animals get the food they need?
by eating plants or other animals
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 2: Types of Animals
Lesson 1: What is an Animal?

How is the grass eaten by the brown bear similar to the bamboo eaten by the panda?
Both foods come from plants
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 2: Types of Animals
Lesson 1: What is an Animal?

How is the insect eaten by the chamelon similar to the salmon eaten by the bear?
Both the insect and the salmon are prey
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 2: Types of Animals
Lesson 1: What is an Animal?

Do all animals meet their need for food in the same way? Explain
No; some animals get food by eating only plants, some eat only animals, and some eat both platns and animals.
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 2: Types of Animals
Lesson 1: What is an Animal?

How does the way animals meet their food needs differ from the way plants meet their food needs?
Animals get their food by eating plants or other animals. Plants make their own food therough photosynthesis.
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 2: Types of Animals
Lesson 1: What is an Animal?

Why do animals need shelter?
A shelter helps protect an animal from other animals and from the weather.
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 2: Types of Animals
Lesson 1: What is an Animal?

Why do animals need shelter?
to protect them from other animals and the weather
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 2: Types of Animals
Lesson 1: What is an Animal?

What are some examples of shelters used by animals?
nest, shells that are aprt of the animal's body, tunnels in the ground, and hollow logs
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 2: Types of Animals
Lesson 1: What is an Animal?

What is a beaver's home called?
a lodge
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 2: Types of Animals
Lesson 1: What is an Animal?

What materials do beavers used to build a lodge?
trees, rocks, and mud
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 2: Types of Animals
Lesson 1: What is an Animal?

How does a lodge provide shelter to a beaver?
The inside of the lodge provides a warm, dry place for the beaver to stay.
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 2: Types of Animals
Lesson 1: What is an Animal?

List some changes you can think of that a beaver makes as he builds his shelter.
cutting and moving trees, moving roicks, flooding an area when the pond is made
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 2: Types of Animals
Lesson 1: What is an Animal?

How are plant cells and animals cells different?
Plants and animals have different needs and different ways of getting their food energy.
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 2: Types of Animals
Lesson 1: What is an Animal?

Most cells cannot be seen without a microscope. What is an example of an animal cell that can be seen easily?
The egg of any animals is a single cell. The largest single cell in the world is an ostrich egg.
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 2: Types of Animals
Lesson 1: What is an Animal?

What function does the yolk of a bird's egg serve?
The yolk is food for the developing egg.
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 2: Types of Animals
Lesson 1: What is an Animal?

What do plant cells have that animal cells do not have?
Plant cells have a cell wall and chloroplasts. Animal cells do not.
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 2: Types of Animals
Lesson 1: What is an Animal?

Why do you think that animal cells are different from plant cells?
Plants and animals have different needs and different ways of getting their food energy.
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 2: Types of Animals
Lesson 1: What is an Animal?

What are four main parts of an animal cell?
The four main parts of an animal cell are the nucleus, cell membrane, vacuole, and cytoplasm.
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 2: Types of Animals
Lesson 1: What is an Animal?

What is the inside of the cell filled with?
The inside of an animal cell is filled with cytoplasm
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 2: Types of Animals
Lesson 1: What is an Animal?

What part of the cell is similar to your own skin?
The cell membrane is similar to your own skin, in that it keeps substances out of thecell.
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 2: Types of Animals
Lesson 1: What is an Animal?

Different types of cells perform differnt functions. What part of the cell holds the instructions that the cell needs to do its job?
The nucleus has all the instructions the cell needs.
What is an Animal?
Unit A Chapter 2 Lesson 1

What might happen to an animal cell if its nucleus were damed?
The cell would not be able to function properly.
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 2: Types of Animals
Lesson 1: What is an Animal?

What might happen if the cell membrane is damaged?
Outside substances might enter the cell and damage it.
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 2: Types of Animals
Lesson 1: What is an Animal?

What are some traits a bird ingerits from tis parents? How do these traits differ from the traits a lion inherits from its parents?
A bird inherits wings and feathers from its parents; a lion inherits paws and fur
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 2: Types of Animals
Lesson 1: What is an Animal?

Why does a young jellyfish not look like a polar bear?
The jellyfish inherits its traits, or features, from its parents.
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 2: Types of Animals
Lesson 1: What is an Animal?

What are traits?
Traits are the body features that an animal inherits from its parents.
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 2: Types of Animals
Lesson 1: What is an Animal?

How do animals that live in water get air?
from the water or from the air at the water's surface
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 2: Types of Animals
Lesson 1: What is an Animal?

Describe how beavers change their surroundings to meet their needs.
by building a dam to make a pond
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 2: Types of Animals
Lesson 1: What is an Animal?

What are four things that animals need?
air, water, food, shelter
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 2: Types of Animals
Lesson 1: What is an Animal?

Why will a young lion cub grow to look like an adult lion and not like a sea horse?
Animals inherit traits from their parents, so young animals grow up to look like their parents
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 2: Types of Animals
Lesson 2: What are Mammals and Birds?

Why does a polar bear's fur look white?
because it reflects sunlight
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 2: Types of Animals
Lesson 2: What are Mammals and Birds?

How does black skin benefit a polar bear?
Black skin helps take in heat form the sun.
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 2: Types of Animals
Lesson 2: What are Mammals and Birds?

Why is fat important to a polar bear?
Fat helps keep the ploar bear warm.
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 2: Types of Animals
Lesson 2: What are Mammals and Birds?

Define: mammal
Animals that have fur or hair
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 2: Types of Animals
Lesson 2: What are Mammals and Birds?

What are four traits mammals inherit from their parents?
Mammals have fur or hair, use lungs to breather, ususally give birth to live young, and feed their young with milk make by the mother's body.
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 2: Types of Animals
Lesson 2: What are Mammals and Birds?

What animals does the milk you drink come from?
a cow
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 2: Types of Animals
Lesson 2: What are Mammals and Birds?

What are some traits that are used to classify mammals into groups?
the presence of wings, trunks, and puches
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 2: Types of Animals
Lesson 2: What are Mammals and Birds?

What trait do all bats have in common?
They have wings and can fly.
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 2: Types of Animals
Lesson 2: What are Mammals and Birds?

What are five traits of birds?
Birds have feathers, two legs, and wings. They have lungs for breathing and bear young that hatch from eggs
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 2: Types of Animals
Lesson 2: What are Mammals and Birds?

What can you tell about a bird from the shape of its beak or feet?
The shape of a bird's beak can be used to tell what the bird eats; the shape of its feet can be used to tell where it lives
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 2: Types of Animals
Lesson 2: What are Mammals and Birds?

Name a mammal that lives in the water. How does it breathe?
whale; dolphin

mammals that live in water come to the surface for air
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 2: Types of Animals
Lesson 2: What are Mammals and Birds?

How does the spiny echidna differ from most other mammals?
a spiny echidna lays eggs. Most mammals give birth to live young
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 2: Types of Animals
Lesson 2: What are Mammals and Birds?

What two features of birds are most often used to classify them? Why?
Their beak shape and foot shape; beak shape may tell what kind of food the bird eats; foot shape may tell the type of place where the bird lives
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 2: Types of Animals
Lesson 2: What are Mammals and Birds?

A bat can fly, but a bat is a mammal. What trits do you think bats have that make them mammals intead of birds?
Bats have a body covering of fur, give birth to live young, and feed their young with milk made by the mother's body
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 2: Types of Animals
Lesson 2: What are Mammals and Birds?

Which trait is shared by birds and mammals?
breathe with lungs
Unit A: Living Things
Chapter 2: Types of Animals
Lesson 3: What are Amphibians, Fish, and Reptiles?

What is an amphibians?
an animals that begin life in the water and move onto land as adults
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Name three triats of an amphibian
1. lay eggs, 2. beginning life in water and later moving to land, 3. have most skin
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Where does a tadpole live?
in the water
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Where does an adult frog live?
on land
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Why do amphibians have moist skin?
Moist skin helps to enhance gas exchange through their skin and keep the amphibian from drying out when it is on land
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How does the skin of a toad differ from that of some other amphibians?
Toads have rough, bumpy skin
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What body parts do young frogs hve that adult frogs do not have?
Yong frogs have gills and tails. The gills disappear when the young amphibians form lungs. the tails disappear at the same time.
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What word is used to describe the changes in a frog as it develops?
metamorphosis
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Where does a frog lay its eggs?
in the water
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How does the way a tadpole breathes differ from the way an adult frog breathes?
A tadpole breathes with gills; an adult frog breathes with lungs.
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What happens to the tadpole's tail as the tadpole develops into an adult frog?
It eventually disappears.
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What body parts do young frogs have that adult frogs do not have?
Young frogs have gills and tails. The gills disappear when the young amphibians form lungs. The tails disappear at the same time.
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What word is used to describe the changes in a frog as it develops?
metamorphosis
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What are two traits of fish?
Fish live in water and breathe with gills.
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How are sharks and rays similar?
Both lack scales and have a cartilage skeleton.
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Whta are two differences between the bass and the shark?
The bass has a bony skeleton; the shark's skeleton is made of cartilage. the bass lives in fresh water; the shark lives in salt water.
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What are three traits of reptiles?
Reptiels are covered with scales, lay eggs on land, and breathe with lungs.
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What is the advantage of the reptile eggs having a tough,
leathery shell?
It serves to protect them from things like bad weather, being moved around, or other animals.
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What similarities do reptiles have with fish?
They both have scales and both lay eggs.
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What is difference between reptiles and fish?
Reptiles breathe with lungs and most live on land. Fish breathe with gills and always live in the water.
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What are three traits of reptiels?
Reptiels are covered with scales, lay eggs on land, and breathe with lungs
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What are the three groups of reptiles?
lizards and snakes; alligators and crocodiles; tortoises and turtles
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What are the three main groups of reptiles?
lizards and snakes, alligators and crocodiles, turtules and tortoises
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What difference between lizards and snakes is the easiest to see?
Lizards have four legs; snakes do not have legs.
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What is the main difference between turtles and tortoises?
Turtles live in water; tortoises live on land.
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Why does the crocodile keep its nose about the water?
A crocodile breathes air.
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How does a turtle meet its need for shelter?
The turtle has a shell that protects it from enemies.
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What do the habitats of all the reptiles shown here have in common?
All are warm climates.
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What are the three goups of reptiles?
lizards and snakes; alligators and crocodiles; tortoises and turtles
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What happens during the metamorphosis of a frog?
Changes take plce in a tadpole's body to prepare it for life on land.
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List three features that help fish live and move in water.
a shape suited for movement in water; scales that help a fish glide through water; fins for movement and steering
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What do gills do?
Gills take in oxygen for water.
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Why do many amphibians stay near the water for their whole lives?
Amphiibians must keep their skin moist and lay their eggs in the water.
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What are instincts?
behaviors that animals are born knowing how to do
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What are some examples of institncts?
a bird building a nest and caring for its young, an animal finding food or shelter
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What are some examples of learned behaviors?
a bird learning to avoid bad-tasting insects, a dog learning a trick
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Why do some animals hibernate?
The animals cannot find enough food to keep their bodies warm during the winter.
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Why do animals migrate?
to escape the cold and to find better food sources
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Why do birds migrate?
They migratre south to avoid cold weather and lack of food in winter; they migrate north to raise their young
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Why do whales migrate?
They migrate south in winter to give birth to their young; they migrate north in summer to take advantage of abundant food.
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Who do monarch butterflies migrate?
They migrate south to warmer places to rest for the winter; they migrate north in spring to feed and lay their eggs
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Name animals that travel south to escape cold weather?
birds, monarch butterflies, whales, caribou
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Name animals that have their young in their northern range?
BIRDS, MONARCH BUTTERFLIES, CARIBOU
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Name animals that have their young in their southern range?
gray whales
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Which animals make a yearly round trip signaled by the changed of the seasons?
birds, whales, butterflies, caribou
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Why do animals migrate?
to escape the cold and to find better food sources
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Where do caribou spend their summers?
in their nothern feeding grounds on the Arctic tundra
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Where do caribou spend their winters?
farther south where tehy can find food and the weather is not as harsh
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How far do caribou migrate?
The larger herds migrate between summer and winter ranges that are aobut 400 miles apart; smaller herds do not migrate as far
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If an animal is brightly colored, is it using mimicry or camouflage? Explain.
mimicry because its colors would stand out against most backgrounds
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If an animal that lives in the trees is a dull shake of green or brown, is it using mimicry or camouflage? Explain.
camouflage, because its colors would blend in whith its surroudings
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List two examples of instinct and two examples of learned behavior.
An instinct is a behavior pattern that an animal is born with; a learned behavior is acquired
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What happens to an animal's body when it hibernates?
Body temperature drops, and breathing and heartbeat slow
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Describe two behaviaors that animals have that enable them to survive cold winters.
Some animals hibernate, they eat a lot and then curl up in a safe place and go into a very deep sleep in which body processes slow down. Some animals migrate; they travel long distances to areas where the winter are not so harsh.
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A butterfly fish has spots near its tail that look like big eyes. Is this an example of camouflage or mimicry? Explain.
It is probably an example of mimicry; the bright colors would serve to advertise rather than hide the butterfly fish.
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Give an example of a learned behavior.
a dog sitting when you say "Sit."
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Waht does extinct mean?
Extinct means a living thing is gone forever and cona't come back. When the last individual dies, the species is extinct.
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How do scientists group animals that are in danger of becoming extinct?
They put them in two groups; species that will become extinct soon if not cared for, and species that will e in danger of becoming extinct if not cared for.
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Define: species
the name that identifies an orgainism
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What does it mean if an animals is endangered.
Species that are in danger of becoming extinct.
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What does it mean that an animal is threatened?
A threatened species is on its way to becoming endangered or extinct.
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What is a fossil?
Evidence of an animal or plant that lived a long time ago on Earth.
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Fossils are evidence of plants or animals that lived on Earth a long time ago. What kinds of parts fossilize? Where are fossils found?
mostly hard parts like bones; in the ground
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Why don't we have photographs of sabertoothed cats?
They became extinct thoughts of years ago.
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How do we know that saber-toothed cats once roamed the Earth?
Scienctists have found their fossils.
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What is the area called were an animal lives?
It is called the animal's habitat.
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Why do people develop land?
They need room to build things such as houses, shopping centers, sports fields, and roads.
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The human poplatoion on Earth increases every year. How do you think this increase will affect the amount of habitat available for wildlife?
There will be less and less land for wildlife as people move into undeveloped areas and build communities there.
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What are the causes of extinction today?
habitat loss, new predators, overhunting
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What are some of the reasons that people hunt animals?
Some people hunt animals for food. Others hunt animals for sport. Still others hunt animals because the animals interfer with something that people are doing.
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Why did so many animals become extinct from huuting a few hundred years ago?
Back then, there were no laws against hunting because people didn't realize, or didn't care, that they could cause the animals to go extinct by overhunting
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What are the causes of extinction today?
habitat loss, new predators, overhunting
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How do laws protect animals?
The laws prevent hunting or use of the habitat by humans.
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How did these animals get off the endangered species list?
The animals increased their populations to the point where they were no longer in immediate danger of going extict.
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How were they able to increase their populations?
People made laws to protect the animals and their habitats. Tis protection allowed the animals to repoduce more successfully.
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How do laws protect endangered animals?
The laws prevent hunting or use of the habitat by humans.
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How are threatened species different from endangered species?
Endangered species are in danger of becoming extinct soon. Threatened species are in danger of becoming endangered soon. They are not as close to becoing extinct as endangered species are.
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How can people cause animals to become extinct?
by overhunting, by bringing new predators into an area, and most importantly by destoying the species' habitat
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What can we learn about how animals became extinct looking at fossils?
We can learn something about how they might have changed slightly from one form to another.
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How can we better protect animals that are threatned or endangered?
We can continue to pass laws that protect the animals from hunting and we can set aside protected land for them to live in. We can also educate people as to why diversity is important so everyone will want to protect the animals.
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What is the main cause of animal extinction today?
habitat loss
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One trait of --- is a body covering called fur.
mammals
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The features a young animal gets from its parents are called ---.
traits
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Animals --- their traits from their parents.
inherit
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The features a young animal gets from its parents are called ---.
traits
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Animals that begin life in water and later live on land are ---.
amphibians
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Animals --- to the south to escape the cold winter.
migrate
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--- have bodies covered with feathers.
Birds
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Reptiles and fish have ---.
scales
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When one animal looks like another it is called ---.
mimicry
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Scales make it easy for --- to glide through the water.
fish
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Young amphibians and fish use --- to take in oxygen.
gills
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Behaviors that animals know without being taught are called ---.
instinct
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--- have dry, scaly skin.
Reptiles
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Evidence of a plant or animal that lived long ago is a ---.
fossil
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An animal that has a color similar to its enviornment has ---.
camouflage
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When all of one kind of organism dies, the organism is ---.
extinct
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If the numbers of an organism are going down, the organism is ---.
threatened
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Animals that sleep through the winter ---.
hibernate
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A specific scientific name identifies a --- of an organism.
species
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An --- species may become extinct.
endangered
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What kind of shelter do beavers build?
lodge
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What do all animals need?
air, food, water, living space (shelter)
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Name four traits of mammals.
1. fur or hair 2. breathing air with lungs 3. giving birth to live young 4. feeding young with milk from the mother's body
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Amphibians begin life in the water and more onto land as adults. Two other traits of amphibians are --- and ---.
have smooth, mosit skin; lay eggs
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Two traits of reptiles are --- and ---.
lay eggs and have scales
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Five traits of Birds are two legs, two wings, laying eggs, having a body covering of ---, and using --- to breathe air.
feathers, lungs
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Which kind of animal feeds its young with milk from its body?
mammal
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What are animals are made of?
cells
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Which kind of animal is a salamander?
amphibian