UNIT 5 | ANIMALS

Question 1

Structure of a peacock

Answer 1

• peachicks hatch with their flight feathers
• male peacocks tail feathers develop in later years
• male peacocks tail feathers are larger and longer (up to 2ft) and use them to attract female birds. The female birds choose their mate based on looks

Question 2

Lifestyle of a peacock

Answer 2

• hatch from eggs

- female birds mature faster than males do

Question 3

Habitat of a peacock

Answer 3

• native to India

- peafowl is often found near villages as they eat from farmland and orchards, but they do not like humans

Question 4

How do peacocks reproduce?

Answer 4

• mating season is April to September
• male peacocks are polygamous and mate with two to five females
• the male and his several mates will stay as a group until mating season ends

Question 5

Peacock behaviour

Answer 5

• male peafowl will display their tail feathers whenever there is another animal in the area
• both male and female birds are irritable towards other animals and humans

Question 6

Structure of a clownfish

Answer 6

• grow between 5-13cm
• is protogynous (all offspring are male and will change into females as they age which is irreversible)
• ray-finned fish

Question 7

Lifestyle of a clown fish

Answer 7

• parents lay between 200-400 eggs, which hatch within seven days
• young clownfish are called frys
• young clownfish must catch their own food and go for smaller fish

Question 8

Habitat of a clown fish

Answer 8

• mutualist relationship with anemones
• life within the sea anemone
• clownfish lure fish into the sea anemone so the anemone can eat

Question 9

How do clownfish reproduce?

Answer 9

• the male fish will “dance” in order to attract at mate

- male chases female to where the eggs will be lain and they reproduce

Question 10

Clownfish behaviour

Answer 10

• clownfish mate for life
• if the female dies, the male will turn into female and seek out a new mate (making finding nemo really weird and completely inaccurate)

Question 11

Structure of a bee

Answer 11

• wings and exoskeleton made of chitin
• wings enable to bee to fly as fast as 200 times per second (15 miles per hour)
• black and yellow stripes ward off predators and symbolize that the animal can be poisonous

Question 12

Lifestyle of a bee

Answer 12

• social insects (live in a colony, young and old)
• love throughout the winter, actively keeping the nest warm and safe
• go through four stages of life (egg, larva, pupa, adult)

Question 13

Habitat of a bee

Answer 13

• build their nest in a hollow cavity sheltered from the environment
• build their nest in an area surrounded by flowering plants in order to gather pollen

Question 14

How do bees reproduce?

Answer 14

• drones mate with the queen once and then queen lays eggs throughout her life

Question 15

Bee behaviour

Answer 15

• bees sting when they feel they are in danger
• once a bee stings it’s stinger comes off and the body releases pheromones to alert other bees of danger
• communicate through “dances”