Many Different Plants and Animals Unit 1.1

Question 1

Habitat definition

Answer 1

Place where animals and plants live

Question 2

Habitat Provides?

Answer 2

Water, food, air and shelter

Question 3

What special features do plants and animals have to survive in their habitats

Answer 3

Fish - gills and fins
Birds - wings
Eagles - Claws and sharp beaks

Question 4

Sharks - special features

Answer 4

Colour - camouflage
Sharp teeth - tearing meat
Gills - Breathe underwater
Streamlined body - faster swimming and gliding

Question 5

Frogs

Answer 5

Colour - camouflage
Nostrils - breathe and swim
Eyelids = transparent - see while underwater, protect the eye
Tongue = long and sticky to help catch prey

Question 6

Lions

Answer 6

Colour - camouflage
Sharp teeth- tearing meat, and catching prey
Limbs - strong to help them run and attack

Question 7

Water Lilly

Answer 7

Large, this leaves - floating, flexible and absorbing nutrients and water.
Roots - anchoring

Question 8

Cow

Answer 8

4 stomachs - to digest grass
hooves - regenerate every 14 months. Hooves help them moves across the terrain.
Teeth - for chewing grass and tearing it

Question 9

African Elephant

Answer 9

Skim - protects them
Ears - temperature control
Tusks - defence
Trunks - temperature control, eat, scare off prey.

Question 10

Eagle

Answer 10

Claws and Beaks - strong and sharp
Wings - Glide, steer, quiet and uses less energy
Eyesight - well developed.

Question 11

Wild Dog

Answer 11

Teeth - sharp = bite through bone
Long slender legs - run long distances = tires out their prey.
Eyesight - equipt to see in bad light

Question 12

Aloe Plant

Answer 12

Sharp leaves - protects them from animals
Large fleshy leaves - store water
Waxy layer on leaf - prevent evaporation

Question 13

Gorilla

Answer 13

Colour - camouflage
Teeth - adapted for the food they eat
Coat - Keep it cool
Opposable thumbs - grabbing food and branches.

Question 14

Protea

Answer 14

Leaf - short tun leaves = less water loss

Question 15

Pine Tress

Answer 15

Stick-like leaves - prevent water loss and leaves move apart so snow can fall through = prevents plant freezing and branch breaking.