Animal Behaviors

Animal Behaviors-
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Drag and Drop

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- an animal that kills and ​

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another organism

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- Organism that gets eaten

The ​

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eats the ​

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.

Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

Preditor

eats

Prey

frog

worm

Reorder

Label the food chain according to your notes (page 14):

Remember to include who is the predator and who is the prey (the is the preditor to the __ and the prey to the __. )

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2

3

4

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

Match

Match the predator to it's prey:

Anything that kills another organism for energy is a predator of the other organism

• goat

• fox

• rabbit

• owl

• humans

grass

rabbit

carrots

mice

string beans

• grass

• rabbit

• carrots

• mice

• string beans

• Herding- behavior where animals live and move together in a group

• Prey animals

• Safety in numbers

• Increases survival odds

• Protect from predators and the environment

Herding

• Migration- animals travel long distances in a predictable pattern

• Breeding

• More suitable environment

• Find food and water

Migration

• Courtship- animals use behavior to attract a mate

• Traits animals want in their offspring

• Competing for attention

Courtship

Categorize

Options (14)

from one location to another temporarily

moving as a group

find a mate

Emperor penguins

Cattle

Butterflies

Birds flying south for the winter

flock of birds

Birds puff out chests or feathers

Deer lock antlers

Crickets chirp

Increased chances to reproduce

Protection

Increase food finding and survival

Which characteristics are part of each category?

Courtship

Herding

Migration

Draw

Scientific drawing time- remember to label with straight lines and include a title.

Choose a predator and prey combination

OR a type of animal that migrates and draw them here: