Activity: animals life cycles

Activity chapter 1

a) Complete the sentence

1.backbone

2.small

3.arthropods

4.invertebrates

5.vertebrates

b) complete the chart

Invertebrates

1.arthropods -----spider

2.mollusks ------ snail

3.sponges ------ sponge

4.cnidarians ------ jellyfish

5.echinoderms ------- starfish

6.flatworms ocean -------flatworm

7.roundworms ------- threadworm

8.annelids -------- earthworm

Vertebrates

1.fish ------ tuna fish

2.amphibians ------ frog

3.reptiles ------ snake

4.birds ------ hummingbird

5.mammals ------ lion

c) Match

1.omnivores

2.fertilization

3.vertebrates

4.males

5.herbivores

6.arthropods

7.repriles

8.carnivores

9.females

10.invertebrates

d) Answer the questions

1.  when animals are the same in many ways

2. Because they destroy animals habitat and produce pollutions

3. They live for 150 years

4. They only live for a few hours

5. No, their baby are born by egg

6. They gives milk to their babys and stay with them for a long time 

Activity chapter 8 :Mammals

a) Find and write the mammals. Then write the numbers

1.Polar bear ----  lt digs a den in the snow so its babies will be warm

2.Anteater ---- in carries its babies on its back for the first year

3.Giraffe ----- it fights with is neck with other males when it`s ready to mate

4.Person ----- you are one!

5.Leopard ----- it makes marks on trees when it`s looking for mate

6.Kangaroo ---- it grows in its mother `s pouch for up to a year after it is born

7.Shrew ---- its gestation time is only two weeks

8.Elephant ------ it stay close to its mother until it`s ten years old

b) Circle the correct word

1.The gestation time for shrews is 2 weeks

2.Baby kangaroos are only 5 centimeters long when they are borm
3.When mammals breed,  the  females usually choose a mate
4.All mammals produce milk to feed their babies
5.Mammals have fur or hair

c) Complete the sentences
1.Gestation
2.Placenta
3.Marsupials
4.Habitats

d) Complete the chart with animals from the book
1.Insects ------ butterfly / beetle
2.Other invertebrates ----- octopus / lobster
3.Mammals ----- polar bear / elephant
4.Birds ------ Satin bower / cuckoo
5.Fish ------ shark / sticklebacks
6.Amphibians ----- Salamander / frog
7.Reptiles ----  gecko / lizards / snake / crocodle

Activity chapter 7: Birds

a) Write the sentences
1.Birds have feathers
2.Birds don´t have fur or hair
3.Bird lay egg
4.Bird have wings
5.Bird build nests
6.Bird don´t feed their babies with milk

 b) Answer the questions
1.It´s when the male bird try to convince the female to be his mate
2.To keep his egg safe
3.They are usually brown and speckled
4.Because they have to migrate to places more warm in the winter

c) What does he do when he´s looking for a mate
1.Frigate bird--- he pushes his red throat out
2.Blue-footed booby--- he shows his big feet
3.Songbird---- he sings
4.Bower bird-----he build a special place with bright colored things inside

d) Find and write the words
1.three things that birds use to make nests
grass / mud / twigs
2.Three places where bird build nests
ground / trees / cliffs
3.Four thing that chicks learn from their parents
fly / feed / sing / keep safe

e) Order the words
1.Birds keep their eggs warm.
2.Ostriches lay the biggest eggs.
3.Chicks have their special tooth on a beak
4.Cuckoos lay their eggs in other birds´ nests.