5th Class Science Animals Animal Life

Animal Life

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Animal life

Synopsis

The surroundings in which an animal lives is called its habitat
Animals undergo changes in their living habitats and body structures as the environment changes. Adaptations are changes that are slow and gradual and take place over a period of time.
The table given below shows the body coverings in different animals.

Animals	Body coverings	Functions
1. Snail, turtle and tortoise	Shell	Protects the body from injury and from the attack of enemies
2. Fish and reptiles	Scales	Protect the body
3. Birds	Feathers	Help them in flying and in keeping their body warm
4. Mammals	Hair and fur	Protect their body and keep them warm

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TUATARA

There is no other reptile like the tuatara. While other reptiles are basking in the sun to get warm, the tuatara sleeps and comes out only at night, to feed on spiders and beetles. It is active at temperatures as low as , twenty degrees cooler than any other reptile. As it is so cool the tuatara moves and functions very slowly.

It breathes only once every seven seconds when. It is moving, and once an hour when it is resting.

The table shows different feeding habits.

Feeding habit	Animals	Adaptations
Herbivores	Cow, sheep, goat, rabbit	Sharp front teeth and large flat back teeth
Carnivores	Lion, wolf, frog, lizard, snake, owl, eagle	Sharp pointed front teeth, strong back teeth, sharp strong claws and hooked beak
Omnivores	Humans, bear, rat	Well - developed teeth.
Sucking	Butterfly, leech, honeybee, sun-bird	Proboscis in butterfly, honey bees, suckers in leech, long beak in sun-bird
Insectivores	Chameleon, frog, lizard,	Long tongue in lizard chameleon

The table shows different organs aiding in breathing.

Animals	Organs
Mammals, birds amphibians and reptiles	Lungs
Frog while in water and earthworm	Moist skin
Grasshopper, cockroach	Spiracles or air holes
Fish, tadpoles and prawns	Gills

The table shows different methods of moving.

Animals	method of moving	Adaptation
Cheetah, horse, deer, zebra and fox	good runners	strong hind and fore limbs
Rabbit, hare, kangaroo and frog	hop	stronger and longer hind limbs and tail
Snakes and worms	curving and crawling	cylindrical body and scales
Crocodile, lizard and turtle	crawling	short legs
Insects	walk and fly	six legs and wings
Birds except ostrich, emu and penguin	fly	wings, hollow bones and light body
Fish	swimming	fins
Water boatman	swim	legs as oars
Monkey, ape and gorilla	arboreal	opposable thumb
Prawn and tadpole	legs	swimming
Frog	swim	webbed hind legs
Turtle and penguin	swim	flippers
Arctic tern	fly	Wings

Some animals like Arctic tern, eels, butterflies and Siberian cranes migrate long distances to escape the cold weather.

5th Class Science Animals Animal Life

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