Needs, homes and adaptations
Answers are for parents and teachers.
1
Make a two-column table of five biotic and five abiotic factors in a pond.
Biotic: fish, frog, plants, bacteria, snail. Abiotic: water, sunlight, temperature, mud, air.
2
Choose an animal from a hot desert and one from a cold place. Write two features of each.
Answers differ; for example camel: wide feet; penguin: blubber.
3
Write one inherited trait and one effect of the environment for a plant.
For example leaf shape is inherited; wilting from dryness is from the environment.
4
Explain in two sentences why a camel’s hump is not full of water.
It stores fat, which gives energy when food is scarce.
5
Ask a grown-up what animals live near your home and what they need.
Answers differ.