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Investigating living things

SCIENCE FOR FUN......

How animals Protect Themeselves FromExtreme Weather.

Protection from Hot Weather

 Earthworm

To keep away from the heat of the sun ,a snake and an earthworm hides in holesin the ground .

Hippopotamuses wallowin mud holesTo cool their bodies.  Hippopotamuses

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CAMEL

 

A camel has a hump to store fats  And water and can go on living in

the hot desert without eating andDrinking for many days , long eyeLashes protect its eyes from the

Desert

During the day..a snail hides in it sshell away from the hot sun and only comes outto feed at night when it is much cooler.

 

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PROTECTION FROM COLD 

WEATHER

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 A polar bear has a thick coat  of white fur and layer of fat 

to survive in the cold Artic Environment.

Other examples :-Penguins , Artic fox 

  A swallow migrates to warmer placesFurther south to escape the cold winter and returns inspiring. Other examples :- Geese, Caribou

 

A whale has a thick layer of fat called blubber to keepthem warm. Other examples :- Walruses , Seals

 

INVESTIGATING LIVING THINGS

How Animals Protect Themeselves From Danger

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Deer live in groups to fight of theirenemies

With theirantlers.

A bee has a poisonous sting

A snake has a poisonous bite

 

A horse has powerful legs and hard

hoofsTo run fast and fight off 

predators.

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  Cows and male deers have horns fight

their enemies.

A tortoise has a hard shell

A moth has false eyes which are there big to thedeceive and

frighten away its enemies.

  A porcupine has sharp 

Spines to fight its predators.

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A millipede rolls itself  up to make it difficult for its enemy to

attack it.

 

A squid gives out a dark ink- like liquid to its surrounding to

help hide itself.

 

A chameleon changes its skin colour according tothe surrounding

for camouflage.

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Theme : Investigating Living Things Year: 4Activity 1

 How Animals Protect Themeselves

 From Extreme Weather 

1. State how the following animals protect

themeselves:-

a) Walrus ( from extreme cold):..........................................................................................................

b) Squirrels ( from extreme cold ) :..........................................................................................................

c) Wild geese ( from extreme cold) :..........................................................................................................

d) Desert porcupines ( from extreme heat):..........................................................................................................

e) Whales ( from cold weather ) :..........................................................................................................

F) Hippopotamus ( from extreme heat ) :....................................................................................

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Theme : Investigating Living Things Year: 4Activity – 2

 How Animals Protect Themeselves From Extreme Weather 

A.Name the animals that have the followingcharacteristics to protect themeselves fromextreme weather or from their enemies:

1) Have big false eyes 

2)Breaks off its tail

3) Is green , lives on trees and changes it colour accordingto the surroundings

4)Stores fats in their humps

5) Curls itself up.

6) Shoots it sharp spines on its enemy.

7)Has sis legs and a poisonus sting.

 

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8)Ejects out dark ink – like liquid to its surrounding.

 9)Goes into its hard shell and comes out only at night.

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Theme : Investigating Living Things Year: 4Activity – 3

How Animals Protect fromDanger 

 1.Solve the following puzzles.

 

I have a hard shell with four 

scaly legs. My enemies

cannot harm me when i pull

my body into my shell.

I am a .................................

I am brown with six legs. I

roam around the kitchens,

cupboards and dark place

at night. My enemies keepaway from me as my body

produces bad smell.

I am .................................

I have many legs but i

cannot run very fast. To

protect my self when ii m

faced with an enemy , i roll

my body up.

I am .....................................

I am a .................................

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Theme : Investigating Living Things Year: 4

Activity – 4

How Animals Protect from Danger .

B. The given picture shows special characteristics of certainanimals.

ANIMALS

PQ

 

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a) State the special feature P that helps the monkeys anddeer protect themselves from their enemies.

b) What is the special feature Q that helps the chameleonand zebra protect themselves from their enemies?