THURSDAY 24TH SEPTEMBER

2020
Assessment
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 What is a desert ?

Name 3 animals that live

Quick Quiz
in the desert?

Name a plant that may be

in the desert?
 Answers
• What is a desert ?
• A desert is any land mass
where there is a deficient of
any moisture meaning there
is more water evaporating
than falling from the sky.  -
less than 10 inches of
precipitation per year.  
Answers

1. Thorny Lizard, Fox , camels,

scorpions, lizard, kangaroo Rat
2. Cactus and Shrubs.
 Birds of Paradise

• Watch the video

• While watching, Write 2 sentences

about an interesting fact you learnt
?
• Twelve-wired bird-of-paradise
• Black Sicklebill
 Forinterest
• More than 300 million people live in the forest.
• 70% of the world’s animals depends on forests for
their homes.
• More than 25% of the medicines we use originate
in rainforests plants.
• A man from India started planting trees when he
was 16-years-old. He’s 47 now and lives in his
own forest with rhinos, tigers and elephants.
• In Japan, doctors would prescribe “Forest therapy”
to treat depression and anxiety.
• 20% of the Earth’s oxygen is produced by Amazon
Forest.
• About 80% of the Earth’s original forests have
been cleared or destroyed.
 Forest

“Our Plant: Forest”

documentary about
forest.
20.00 - 35
Forest Questions Set 1 20.00

1. What was the monking looking animal named?

2. How does the lion tailed Macaque benefit the soil by eating fruit?
3. How many different fruits do Great hornbills eat?
4. What are the benefits of the long hornbill wings?
5. Do hornbills eat all the seeds of the fruit?
Forest Answers Set 1
1. What was the lion looking animal named?
Lion Tailed Macaques

2. How does the lion tailed Macaque benefit the soil by eating fruit?
It eats seeds of fruit and drops the remains in soil.

3. How many different fruits do Great hornbills eat?

About 40

4. What are the benefits of the long hornbill wings?

• It enables the birds to travel long distance for food.

5. Do hornbills eat all the seeds of the fruit?

• No they indigested seeds are transported all over to the Western Ghats.
 Forest Questions Set 2
6. What is the Miombo forest named after?
7. What was the elephants preferred meal?
8. Within 6 weeks, how much do mopane worms increase
in size?
9. What parts of the tree do elephants eat?
10. How many kilos of vegetation can elephants eat in a
day?
Forest Answers Set 2
6. What is the Miombo forest named after?
• Common Tree Miombo
7. What was the elephants preferred meal?
• Grass
8. Within 6 weeks, how much do mopane worms increase in size?
• 40times
9. What parts of the tree do elephants eat?
• The whole part.
10. How many kilos of vegetation can elephants eat in a day?
• 200 kg
Madagascar Questions and Answers Set 3
• How many kinds of lemurs are their ?
• At least 40 kinds
• What is Madagascar top predator?
• Fossa
Hunting dogs
Questions Set 3
• Why is playing important
for puppies?
• It helps them establish
social bonds needed to hunt
as a team.
Forest Answers Set 3
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Food Chain (5min)
• Using the existing desert animals and plants from last lesson
• Create a food chain with 4 organisms
• If you don’t have a plant than find a plant
• Write it in your book.

• If you finish it early, label the organisms according to

producer, primary consumer, secondary consumer, tertiary
consumer.