As we all know every living creature needs to have their basic needs fulfilled in order to stay alive. One of the most important needs is food. Without food, living things are not able to stay alive.
Do you know the types of food that animals eat? Animals can be classified into three categories according to the food they eat.
Let's look at some of these animals.
These animals eat plants. They are herbivores.
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| caterpillar |
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| cow |
Animals that eat other animals are called carnivores.
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| tiger |
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| snake |
Omnivores eat plants and other animals.
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| chicken |
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| dog |
BABY ANIMALS
All animals produce young. Some baby animals look like their parents and some do not.
Can you identify which baby animals look like their parents? Let's us observe some of these animals.
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| cat and kitten |
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| horse and colt |
Most of the animals that give birth have babies that look like themselves, such as cat and horse.
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| frog and tadpole |
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| butterfly and caterpillar |
Frogs and butterflies are examples of baby animals that do not look like their parents. They have to go through different stages. As they grow, they will change from one form into another.
Life cycles of frogs
Life cycles of butterflies
You can also try to do some of the activities in the below link.
http://spp.moe.edu.my/file.php/1/bpkcourseware/Y2Science_5CD/Y2Sci_CD5/Year2Science/lesson/sb49/lesson.html
NOTES:
- All the images above were taken from Google's images.
- Video clips were taken from Youtube.com
