Directions:  Click on the site above a set of questions.  Find the answers to the questions
and write them on your data sheet.

 http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr/natural.html

What is the natural environment?

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How does the natural environment affect life?

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What do dry environments require animals to do?

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The environment has stayed the same in California.  What plants have survived for
over 3,000 years?

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Animal Covering: How it helps animals adapt

Camouflage and Mimicry:

 http://www.thewildones.org/Animals/camo.html

Click on the site above.  Find animals that are examples of camouflage or mimicry.  Use the table below to write their names.  Use your textbook or the library to fill in the chart below
 
 

Camouflage	Mimicry
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Counter-shading	Other
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http://octopus.gma.org/surfing/antarctica/penguin.html

Adaptation of Penguins

Explain how penguins adapt to their environment.

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Find some information about an animal.  Write the information below.  You can use this to
write a short report about your animal.

Animals  http://library.advanced.org/11234/animals.html

Bird information http://www.thewildones.org/animal.html#birds

Herbtiles (plant eating animals) information  http://www.thewildones.org/animal.html#herps

Mammal information http://www.thewildones.org/animal.html#mammals
                                 http://www.lpzoo.com/animals/mammals/mammalist.html

Endangered animals:  http://www.nwf.org/wildalive/  Click on the black and white picture of
an animal to the right of the yellow arrow.
 
 

Name of Animal ________________

Description of your animal

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Habitat          _________________________________________________________________

Diet              _________________________________________________________________

Adaptations      _________________________________________________________________

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Behavior          ________________________________________________________________

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Interesting information:

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