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Animal life, trees and plants

Animal life

En Answer these questions.
Which animals are commonly found in your country? 3 Should we be worried about animal extinction?
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2 Which animals are commonly eaten in your country? 4 How important are animal rights in your country?

1139 Complete these sentences with the animal groups from the table below.
1 use gills to breathe and can only live in water.
2 are the most intelligent creatures and drink their mothers milk.
3 are vertebrates and live partly on land and partly underwater.
4 have dry, scaly skin and are cold-blooded.
5 have six legs and their skeleton on the outside.
6 have feathers, ay eggs and most are capable of flying.

Amphibians Birds Fish Insects Mammals Reptiles
frog owl shark bee horse snake

En Complete the table with the words in the box.

ant cricket crocodile lizard mackerel newt salmon swallow toad vulture whale wolf

RI Which animal from 1.2 and 1.3 ...
... is nocturnal; preys on small animals; hoots; has a sharp beak; hatches fluffy chicks?
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2
... sometimes moves in swarms; buzzes; has a sting lives in a hive; is a source of honey?
... lives in a pack; growls, snarls and howls; has four paws; has young called cubs or pups?
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... has a forked tongue; is often venomous; may hiss or rattle to warn of attack; sheds its skin?
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... has scales and gills; migrates to breed; is often poached in protected waters?
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EU What do the words in each list have in common?
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4 burrow; den; enclosure; kennel
calf; foal; grub; kitten
2 clone; rear; slaughter; vaccinate
5 groom; hibernate; mate nest
6 antennae; claw fang trunk
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colons herd; pod; shoal
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