skin to protect to walk easily onthe hot sand.

Tney
Camels have thick
have thick paddedfeet during sand storms. have long
water. They
protect the eyes, from sand horned lizards have dry scales.
eyelashes to
Desert animals
like
rattlesnakes, desert
the surface to crawl.
winter sleep
called These
Scales help
Animals
them
that
conserve
live
to grip
in cold
energy and
regions go on
summer sleep
a

loss
long
of desert animals is called
and damage
of
internal
hiber
aestin
vati
ato
io
organs that
n,
n.
to excessive water
Aestivation prevents temperatures. animals like
Arboreal
may arise due to high
camouflage to hunt its
prey. marsupials like monkeys
Grassland animals
spend most of their time
on trees and Kangaroo
and squirrels
young one in their pouch. their young ones with their milk and
carry the young ones, feed
Mammals give birth to
have hair on their body

Let's do
I. Fillin the blanks country is_
food of people in the southern part of our
1. The staple and winter from
summer from from
2. Kerala experiences
-that is present in the atmosphere.
3. HuMidity is the amount of_' because there is continuous
are very
4. Places near the sea coast
evaporation of water from the sea.
conditionof an area.
5. Climate is the long timeL through water.
them to
6. The webbed feet of ducks help
7. Birds have which help them fly.
8. The body of birds helps the birds to steer through air.
covered wit which act as insulators.
9. The body of mammals is
10.Endangered species are those that are facing a threat of
11.Animals that live in cold regions goon a long winter sleep called
12.The summer sleep of desert animals is called

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lanimal.
arboreal
1.
An
animalthatlives in a desert.
2.
An animal| of Tamil Nadu.
state
2. The animal
aerial
4 An percentageof water vapour in the atmosphere.
s The ones inside their
Animalsthat keep their young mother's pouch.
6. who studies birds andtheir behavior.
Person
7. -
Flightlessbird,
8. weather pattern of an area
Thelong
10.26thofJuly

Observe the pattern and fill in

examples for the following:

Swimming birds
Animals that camouflage

Animals that hibernate

Desert animals

Marsupials
Arboreal animals
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following powerful
V. Matchthe Have sharp and 1.W
Swimming birds
1. independent of each other 2. H
Toes move
Wading birds 3. Ni
2. 2 toes forward
and 2 backward 4. D
Have
Perching Birds 5. H
water
legs to wade through
3.
Long 6. D
Climbing birds
4. through water 7. A
Webbed feet to paddle
5.
Preying birds
8.
adaptations of the following 9.
VI. Write any three 10

1.

babbe

2.

3.
 the word
cross w withthe clues given
VIII. Complete
Across:
that livesin the arctic region.
1. Aflightless bird
2 An animal with a long tail that spends most of the time in the tree canopies.
2An animal that spends almost 17 hours of a day sleeping on the trees.
Down:
regions.
4.These people are also called as Inuits and live in the cold Arctic
5. An aquatic bird
6. Acarnivore with a body coat that camouflages with the dry grass. Often c
the king of forest.
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