Animals and plants
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ANIMALS AND PLANTS
That are alike
SC.K.L.14.3: Observe plants and animals, describe how they are alike and how they are different in the way they look and in the things they do.
HORSES AND ZEBRAS
Horses come in many colors and are domesticated-
meaning they can be trained.
All zebras have stripes, solid tails and are wild
animals.
CROCODILES AND ALLIGATORS
Alligator teeth fit in their jaw, they have a broader snout and tend to live in freshwater environments.
Crocodiles teeth are always visible, they have a thin snout
and live in saltwater.
PORPOISES AND DOLPHINS
Dolphins have an elongated snout, and have leaner, longer bodies.
They are both mammals-not fish. They have lungs, breathe air and give birth (and nurse) live young.
Porpoises have shorter snouts, have shorter bodies and appear chubby.
FROGS AND TOADSFrogs have slimy skin, must live near water, have narrow bodies
and jump high.
Toads have warts, don’t need to live near water, have wide bodies,
and will run instead of jump.
Oxygen can permeate (go through) frogs’ skin when they are underwater. On land, they
use their lungs to breathe.
ELEPHANTS AND MAMMOTHS
Elephants exit today, have tusks and large flappy ears.
Mammoths are extinct, but were covered in fur and had
much larger tusks.
FISH Fish are a lot different that the other
animals we have looked at so far. Fish breathe oxygen through their
mouths, and exhale the carbon dioxide through slits in their bodies called gills.
SHARKS
Sharks also breathe through gills. Unlike fish though, sharks are carnivores, eating other animals.
PLANTS
Plants use carbon dioxide and sunlight to create their food using a process called photosynthesis. Oxygen is
released as a waste product.
Seaweed also uses photosynthesis to create
food. Seaweed is important because it provides homes
for animals and fish breathe the oxygen the
plants release.
SURPRISING FACT! Seaweed is in daily things humans use such
as: toothpaste, soups, milk, shampoo and conditioner and many other things. Look for “carrageenan.” That’s seaweed!
VENUS FLY TRAP Venus fly traps
catch their food. An insect must
trigger a couple hairs before the trap closes upon them.
The plant then dissolves its pray and absorbs its nutrients.
PITCHER PLANT
Pitcher plants are carnivorous like the Venus Fly Traps. They have deep cavities full of liquid that the insects fall into.