Many Different Plants and Animals Unit 1.1 Flashcards
Habitat definition
Place where animals and plants live
Habitat Provides?
Water, food, air and shelter
What special features do plants and animals have to survive in their habitats
Fish - gills and fins
Birds - wings
Eagles - Claws and sharp beaks
Sharks - special features
Colour - camouflage
Sharp teeth - tearing meat
Gills - Breathe underwater
Streamlined body - faster swimming and gliding
Frogs
Colour - camouflage
Nostrils - breathe and swim
Eyelids = transparent - see while underwater, protect the eye
Tongue = long and sticky to help catch prey
Lions
Colour - camouflage
Sharp teeth- tearing meat, and catching prey
Limbs - strong to help them run and attack
Water Lilly
Large, this leaves - floating, flexible and absorbing nutrients and water.
Roots - anchoring
Cow
4 stomachs - to digest grass
hooves - regenerate every 14 months. Hooves help them moves across the terrain.
Teeth - for chewing grass and tearing it
African Elephant
Skim - protects them
Ears - temperature control
Tusks - defence
Trunks - temperature control, eat, scare off prey.
Eagle
Claws and Beaks - strong and sharp
Wings - Glide, steer, quiet and uses less energy
Eyesight - well developed.
Wild Dog
Teeth - sharp = bite through bone
Long slender legs - run long distances = tires out their prey.
Eyesight - equipt to see in bad light
Aloe Plant
Sharp leaves - protects them from animals
Large fleshy leaves - store water
Waxy layer on leaf - prevent evaporation
Gorilla
Colour - camouflage
Teeth - adapted for the food they eat
Coat - Keep it cool
Opposable thumbs - grabbing food and branches.
Protea
Leaf - short tun leaves = less water loss
Pine Tress
Stick-like leaves - prevent water loss and leaves move apart so snow can fall through = prevents plant freezing and branch breaking.
