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kinds of animals
mammal , bird , fish , reptile , insect
Animal needs
air , food , water , shelter
Animal body parts
lungs , gills , teeth , scales , feathers

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1. animals
2. fur
3. birds
4. scales
5. amphibians
6. smooth

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7. fins
8. gills
9. insects
10. All of the animals in these groups lay eggs.

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1. fish
2. mammal
3. reptile
4. bird
5. insect
6. amphibian

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insect , mammals , bird

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1. living
2. water
3. safe
4. shelter
5. water

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6. noses
7. gills
8. lungs
9. I would it water, food, and a bed.
I would take it for walks.

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1. shelter
2. gills
3. lungs
4. wings

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shelter , wings , eyes

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Students' main ideas will vary.
Students' writing will vary.

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1. energy
2. herbivore
3. flat
4. grind

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5. carnivore
6. sharp
7. meat
8. They can tell by looking at its teeth.
If it had flat teeth, it was a herbivore.
If it had sharp, pointed teeth, it was
a carnivore.

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1. YES
2. NO
3. YES
4. NO
5. YES
6. YES
7. YES

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carnivores , sharp , herbivores , flat

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1. life cycle
2. live
3. born
4. hatch
5. feathers

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6. water
7. tadpoles
8. gills
9. lungs
10. All animals are born, grow older, have
young, and die.
Each king of animal is born, grows, and
 has young in a different way.

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life cycle , adult frog , tadpole , eggs

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tadpoles , lungs , hatch , fly

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Different (bird)
does not live under water
Alike
hatch from eggs; change as they grow
Different (eel)
lives under water

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salty , fresh , river , land

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1. carnivore , reptiles
2. mammals , herbivores
3. tadpoles , amphibians
4. life cycle , bird

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1. gills
2. insects
3. hatch
4. shelter
5. carnivore
6. fish
7. birds

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1. mammals
2. birds
3. reptiles
4. amphibian
5. fish
6. insects

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7. herbivore
8. how animals grow
and change
9. reptiles
10. carnivores
11. with gills
12. young frogs

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13. INSECT
14. BIRD
15. FISH
16. MAMMAL

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17. herbivore
18. It is eating grass.
19. It can give shelter.
20. The fish can get
what they need.

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1. third
2. birds
3. insects
4. They all lay eggs.

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1. food
2. second
3. sharp claws
Think and Write :
People are mammals. They have lungs to breathe
air. They do not have gills like fish.

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1. to rip and tear meat
2. an animal that eats only plants
3. second
Think and Write :
Animals need food to get the energy they need
to live.

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1. fox
2. mammals
3. They hatch from eggs.
Think and Write :
It shows frog eggs, tadpoles, a young frog, and an
adult frog. It should be named “Life Cycle of a Frog.”

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1. fish
2. reptiles
3. insects
4. mammals
5. amphibians
6. birds

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7. They hatch from eggs.
8. They help fish breathe.
9. a carnivore
10. tadpoles
11. study its life cycle
12. herbivores

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13. squirrel
14. caterpillar
15. birds
16. first

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17. carnivore
18. It has sharp teeth for biting.
19. It has what the rabbit needs.
20. for shelter

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food chain
Sun → plants → animals
If there were on Sun, plants and animals
would become extinct.
Plants and animals need the Sun to live.

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1. habitat
2. grassland
3. survive
4. adaptation
5. neck

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6. animals
7. forest
8. sunlight
9. food
10. White fur would make rabbits harder
to see against snow.
This would help them stay safe.

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Sample answers given.
1. is an adaptation that helps it get food
in its habitat.
2. uses its beak to get food in its forest
habitat.
3. can blend into their grassland habitat.
They can also stay safe underground.

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habigtat , forest , grassland

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1. lake
2. salt
3. water
4. shelter
5. ocean

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6. salty
7. mammals
8. fish
9. food
10. It could not live because the two habitats
are different. A lake has fresh water, and
an ocean fish needs salty water to survive.

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1. ocean
An ocean is a kind of water habitat.
It is large and deep and has salty water.
Many mammals, fish and plants live
in the ocean.
2. lake
A lake is a fresh water habitat.
It has little or no salt in it.
A lake has land all around it.
Plants and animals find food and shelter in
and around lakes.

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ocean , salty , lake , fresh

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Who? arctic fox
What? lemmings
When? When it is hungry.
Where? a cold place
How? It sneaks up on the animal

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Sample answers given.
The arctic fox eats small animals.

The arctic fox eats small animals.

It eats lemmings.
Lemmings are small animals. The arctic fox
sneaks up on small animals to eat them.

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1. animals
2. shelter
3. new
4. food chain
5. Sun

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6. first
7. weather
8. extinct
9. They are often the link between plants
at the bottom and people at the top of
the chain.

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1. YES
2. YES
3. YES
4. YES
5. NO

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food chain , Sun , plants , people

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Meat-eating Dinosaur
sharp, long teeth
bones in stomach
Plant-eating Dinosaur
flat, wide teeth
no bones in stomach

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looking at its teeth
long and sharp
We do not see dinosaurs today because
they are extinct.

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1. grassland
2. adaptation
3. forest
4. ocean
5. lake
6. habitat
7. extinct
8. foodchain

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1. ocean
2. grassland
3. habitat
4. lake
5. extinct

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1. grassland
2. habitat
3. adaptations
4. ocean
5. extinct
6. forest

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7. people
8. a bad smell
9. a lake
10. It can give the bird shelter.
11. Animals may die.
12. They carry pollen.

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13 to 16.

2 4
3 1

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17. lake
18. It walks on long legs.
19. They paddle with webbed feet.
20. The animals would leave.

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1. long neck
2. third
3. grassland
Think and Write:
Its color is an adaptation that helps to keep it safe in its habitat.

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1. A lake may have fresh water.
2. first
3. duck
Think and Write:
Ocean fish live in salt water. A pond is fresh water.
An ocean fish could not live in a pond. It is a
different habitat.

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1. a food chain
2. third
3. Habitats change and animals die.
Think and Write:
Plants can be food for the animals. Plants can be a home for the animals.

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1. habitats
2. ocean
3. grasslands
4. forests
5. adaptation
6. extinct

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7. They give shelter
and food.
8. the Sun
9. a long neck
10. bees
11. a rain forest
12. changing habitats

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13 to 16.
1. Sun
2. Plant
3. Insect
4. Frog

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1. grassland
2. prairie dog
3. plants
4. The animals would leave.