Migration

What is migration?

• an animal's habitat

• an animal's preferred food

• physical adaptations

• animals moving from one place to another

Animals moving to another location to have babies or lay eggs is an example of:

• hibernation

• intelligence

• migration

• education

Which text features should be examined before reading. Select all that apply...

• headings

• bold print words

• maps

• captions

Read the following sentence to determine what "solitary" means:

During summer months, caribou live solitary lives. But during the fall migration, up to 100,000 will travel south together.

Solitary means....

• feeling sad

• living alone

• living with others

Read the following sentence to determine what "solitary" means:

During summer months, caribou live solitary lives. But during the fall migration, up to 100,000 will travel south together.

Solitary means....

• feeling sad

• living alone

• living with others

Which animals migrate on land? Select all that apply:

• red crabs

• caribou

• terns

• elephants

Read the following sentence and determine which kind of migration the text is talking about. "Before they migrate south, these marine mammals swim in the cold water near the North Pole".

• Migration by land

• Migration by sea

• Migration in the Sky

What is blubber?

• mucles

• eyesight

• fat

• intelligence

Read the following sentence and determine what the word "proceed" means. When summer ends, the arctic terns proceed back to the north pole.

• go

• dance

• eat

• swim

Read the following selection and determine what "instincts" means:

"Some scientists think they follow the sun. Other scientists think they follow their instincts".

Instincts are...

• strong feelings

• what an animal is born knowing how to do, they don't have to learn it

• a current trend in the animal community

• what the animal has been trained to do by humans