How does living in groups help animals? Animals that live in groups–

• don’t compete for food.

• can’t get sick.

• have more space.

• can protect each other.

Ants live in groups where many ants live together. How does living like this help the ants?

• Ants in a large group can share the work of getting food.

• A large group of ants need more space to live in than one ant.

• Birds that eat ants can find a large group of ants more easily.

• Ants living in large groups sometimes move to a new place to live.

Which fact shows that living in groups can help elephants live?

• A mother elephant takes care of her baby for the first two years of its life.

• Elephants that live alone don’t live as long as the ones that live with other elephants.

• Male elephants sometimes use their very long teeth, or tusks, to fight.

• Elephants can eat up to 300 pounds of bark, grasses, fruits, and roots in one day.

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

How does hunting in a group help wolves?

• Wolves must be very quiet when hunting.

• Wolves that work together can catch more food.

• Sometimes a wolf can catch food all alone.

• The color of the wolves’ fur helps it hide.

When zebras are attacked by lions, they will crowd together with the babies in the middle. Why would zebras act in this way?

• The baby zebras will be able to run faster.

• The baby zebras are safer from the lions.

• Lions never attack adult zebras.

• The baby zebras are able to find more food.

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

Protecting against harm is-

• Defense

• Survive

• Exist

• Live

An organism in a group is a -

• leader

• part

• member

• piece

What something does is -

• reason

• function

• existence

• part

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

NGSS.MS-LS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS3-1

A number of individuals assembled together or having some unifying relationship is a

• group

• team

• class

• school

Tags

NGSS.3-LS2-1

Animals do different things to protect, or ____________, themselves from being eaten, like fish swimming in schools.

• prevent

• defend

• stop

• allow