Mystery Science: Animal Groups and Survival: Wed. 11/18

Animals that live in groups are less likely to ...

• share their food

• stay warm in freezing weather

• get eaten by predators

• survive when their environment changes, like when it floods

What's an example of how living in a group can help animals get food?

• Penguins huddle together to stay warm in the winter.

• Sea Gulls scavenge for food in city trash cans.

• Adult dolphins swim in groups around their calves.

• Ravens distract the eagle so other ravens can reach the food.

Which is an example of how living in a group can provide protection?

• One meerkat keeps lookout while the others forage for food.

• Monkeys shout an alarm call when they see a leopard, and all the other monkeys in the group run into the trees.

• elephants form a circle around their calves to protect them from lions.

• all of the above.

Living in groups can help animals survive.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

Bison live by themselves, never forming a group.

• True

• False