Camouflage

Some animals use camouflage, this helps them hide from predators or sneak up on the prey.

What does camouflage mean? ______

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Green Tree Frog

How do they camouflage? ______

Snake- Neck Turtle

Do they use camouflage? Yes or No ______

Red Back Spider

Do they use camouflage? Yes or No ______

Scorpion

Scorpions are nocturnal which mean they come out at night.

Do they use camouflage? Yes or No ______

Barn Owls are nocturnal and hunt at night.

Do they use camouflage? Yes or No ______

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Help Leonardo the Turtle find his pond…

Turtles like to eat a variety of food like fish, insects, worms, yabbies and fresh water shrimp.

How many worms are below, that the turtle might eat? = ______

How many fish are below, that the turtle might eat? = ______

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Unscramble the words

Unscramble the words below

Then use the word to complete the sentence below

1.  eelccry ______

Do you ______your bottles, newspapers, cardboard and cans.

*Recycling helps to preserve the environment.

2.  nAailastru ______lsptna ______

To encourage wild life into your garden you should plant ______native ______.

*Some good plants to put into your garden are bottle bush, grevilleas and eucalyptus trees.

3.  ofor _ _ _ _ xtsneob ______

If you need to make a new home for a possum that is living in your _ _ _ _ you would

build a ______.

*Brushtail possums live in your roof because there isn’t enough trees with hollows for them to live in.

4. glssu _ _ _ _ _ slasin ______

Blue–tougue lizards are god for the garden because they eat _ _ _ _ _ and ______

If you have a Blue-tongue in your garden it needs a safe area where your dog and cat can’t get to it.

*Don’t use snail bait in your garden, it kills blue-tongues and sleepy lizards if they eat it or eat snails and slugs that have eaten the bait.

5. itbtaha ______nltliopou ______

The greatest threat to frogs is ______loss and water ______

*You can help frogs survive by building a pond in your garden.

Plant reeds, tussocks and shrubs around your pond for shelter for the frogs.

Only use rainwater to fill your pond, as tap water can harm your frogs.

Answers:

1. Recycle 2. Australian, plants 3. roof, nestbox 4. slugs, snails 5. habitat, pollution

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Un-jumble the ‘Animal Capers’ words below, to make an animal word.

1. izldra …………………………………………….….………

2. nskea ………………………………………….……..………

3. grof ………………………………………………..……….

4. batibr ………………………………………………………….

5. arbedde radogn ………….……………………………………

6. corspion ……………………………………………………………

7. pisedr ……………………………………………………………

8. ousmsp ……………………………………………………………

9. nwrbalo ……………………………………………………………

10. itbaondoc …………………………………………………

11. utrlte …………………………………………………………….

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Name as many animals as you can that start with the letters listed below

r ______

t ______

f ______

o ______

b ______

p ______

s ______

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Name as many animals as you can that have scales on their body

Animals that have scales are reptiles and fish

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2.______

3.______

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Which of these animals below are insects?

Circle the insects below

spider ant frog

Prawn scorpion cockroach


Turtle Seahorse lady bug

·  There are over 86,000 species of insects in Australia

·  Insects have 6 legs.

·  Insects have no internal skeleton instead, their soft inner

body is supported and protected by a shell called exoskeleton.

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Which of these animals are Marsupials?

Circle the marsupials below

Raccoon platypus kangaroo

Koala rabbit

Field mouse

Squirrel Glider

·  Marsupials are animals that give birth to tiny young, which are naked, blind and have undeveloped hindlimbs.

·  The baby uses its forelimbs to drag itself to one of its mother’s nipples, where it attaches itself. Here, it suckles milk and completes its development. It may be protected by a pouch, or by folds of skin.

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Which of these animals below are nocturnal?

Circle the nocturnal animals below

owl

rooster rat

parrot cow

snail

fish

scorpion sheep

squirrel glider

Nocturnal means - animals that sleep during the day and come out at night to eat.

Answers: scorpion/ snail/ owl/ rat / squirrel glider

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Which of the animals below are Native to Australia ?

Circle the Native animals below

sheep

platypus rabbit

Squirrel Glider

koala

black rat

kangaroo

rooster cow

cockatoo

cat

Australian native animal means: Animals that are only found in Australia.

Before we lived in Australia

Answers: cockatoo/ platypus/ koala/ kangaroo/ squirrel glider

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Brain Teasers

It takes 5 Monkeys 5 minutes to eat 5 bananas.

1.  How many minutes would it take 4 monkeys to eat 4 bananas?

Answer: ______

2.  How many monkeys would it take to eat 45 bananas in 45 minutes?

Answer: ______

There is a big spider’s web with 13 spiders on it and 13 insects.

3.  How many spider legs are on the web?

Answer: ______

4.  How many insect legs are on the web?

Answer: ______

There are 5 Green Tree Frogs on a leaf and 3 Leaf Insects.

5.  How many Frog toes are on the leaf?

Answer: ______

6.  How many leaf insect legs are on the leaf?

Answer: ______

There are 12 Ringtail Possums in a tree.

7.  How many pairs of possum legs are there?

Answer: ______

Answers: 1. 5 minutes 2. 5 monkeys 3. 104 spider legs 4. 78 insect legs

5. 100 frog toes 6. 18 insect legs 7. 24 possum legs

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Spot the difference in the Owls

Below are two Owls that are different.

Can you spot 10 differences and circle them



Barn Owls can catch prey in total darkness, tracking its food by sound only.

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