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Types of Animals based on their Habitat | |
Body Coverings of Animals | |
Eating Habits of Animals | |
Breathing Methods of Animals | |
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The elephant is the largest land animal. It has a long trunk that can be used for various tasks, such as picking up food, drinking water, and even greeting other elephants. Elephants are highly intelligent and have a strong social structure within their herds.
Habitat: The place where an animal lives, feeds, and reproduces is called its habitat. Habitat provides food, water, and shelter to animals. Different animals live in different habitats.
Terrestrial animals
Adaptation
Example of a Terrestrial Animal: Elephant
Elephants live in:
Aquatic animals
Amphibians
Squirrel
Aerial animals
Body covering helps animals to adapt and live comfortably in their habitats.
Feathers of a Bird
Gills of Fish
Snail
Zebra has a striped body. It looks similar to the background where it lives. This is called camouflage. It prevents the animal from being seen by its predator.
Wool of sheep
Fur of Polar Bear
Cuticle of insects
Plates of Armadillos
The deer is not easily visible in the forest due to its body covering. A porcupine has sharp, needle-like spines called quills on its body for protection against enemies.
Sharp front teeth of Zebra
Pointed teeth of Tiger
Birds such as eagles and vultures too are carnivores. The hooked beak of these birds helps them to tear the flesh.
Sharp front teeth of Squirrel
Proboscis: Butterflies have a long, thin tube-like mouth called a proboscis. They use it to suck nectar from flowers. Mosquitoes have a needle-like tube that helps them to suck blood.
Breathing is a process by which animals take in and give out air. The air they breathe in supplies oxygen to their bodies.
Aquatic animals get oxygen from the air dissolved in water.
Different animals have different organs for breathing.
Gills of Fish
Parts of a whale
1. What are the different types of animals based on their habitat?
Answer: The different types of animals based on their habitat include terrestrial animals (live on land), aquatic animals (live in water), amphibians (live both on land and in water), arboreal animals (live on trees), and aerial animals (can fly).
2. How do the body coverings of animals help them to adapt to their habitats?
Answer: Body coverings help animals to adapt and live comfortably in their habitats by providing protection, warmth, and camouflage. For example, feathers in birds help them stay warm and fly, scales in fish protect their bodies from water, and fur in polar bears keeps them warm in extreme cold.
3. What are the different eating habits of animals?
Answer: Animals can have different eating habits depending on their diet. Herbivores eat plants, such as grass, shrubs, and leaves; carnivores eat the flesh of other animals; and rodents have sharp front teeth to gnaw on their food. Some animals, like butterflies, have a proboscis for sucking nectar from flowers.
4. How do different animals breathe?
Answer: Different animals have different organs for breathing. Birds, reptiles, and mammals breathe through their lungs; insects have small holes called spiracles on their body connected to a network of tubes called the trachea; fish and other aquatic animals breathe through gills; and earthworms and frogs breathe through their skin.
5. What is camouflage?
Answer: Camouflage is a natural adaptation in which animals have body patterns, colors, or textures that help them blend in with their surroundings, making them less visible to predators or prey.
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