Movement of animals

why animals move

1. Movement in Animals

2. What is different in Animals and Plants? Plants Animals Plants can make their own food Animals depend on plants or other animals for food. Plants cannot move from one place to another Animals move from one place to another. Imagine your favorite animal. How does it move? What body parts does it use to move? Animals use different body part to move around. Land animals use their legs to move around Birds use their wings to move. Insects hop, fly, crawl or run. Animals in water -swim.

3. Fly . Their wings helps them to move around Bird Fly . Their wings helps them to move around Bird Fly . Their wings helps them to move around Bird Fly . Their wings helps them to move around Bird Swim With the help of their Fins Fish Swim With the help of their Fins Fish Animals that Fly or swim How do these animals move? What helps them move? What is common between them?

4. What helps a bird to Fly? How do they use their body parts to fly? The wings help the bird to fly. They move their wings backwards and forward to fly in the air. Bats and Butterflies also use their wings to fly. How do fins help the fish to swim? How do they use it? Fins help the fishes to move forward, to turn and to keep their body straight in water. They tail plays a important role in swimming.

5. What helps a turtle move in water? Which body part do they use ? Turtles have webbed feet that they use to paddle. They have strong flippers that they move front and back to swim Do all animals that swim have fins? No, Name some animals that has no fins but can swim? Frogs can swim without fins. They use their forelegs and hind legs to move in water

6. Animals Movement Animals that Run and Jump How do animals that live on land move? What helps them to move? Cheetah , Hose and Deer move by walking or running. They have equal front(forelegs ) and back legs ( Hind Legs ) Rabbits. Kangaroos and Frogs move by jumping(Hopping ). They have Longer , strong hind legs that jump

7. What is the difference between a Kangaroo and a Horse? Kangaroo Horse Hind legs are longer than the forelegs All legs are equal in size Moves from one place to another by jumping Move from one place to another by running. How does a centipede move? Which body part helps it to move? Centipede moves with the help of its legs. They have many legs that help them to move around fast. How do ants and cockroaches move? Ants and cockroaches take small steps to move around. So we can say they crawl on land

8. Animals that Climb Trees Squirrels and pandas have sharp claws that help them to hold on trees. They have strong forelegs that help them climb trees. Monkeys and Langurs don’t have claws but they have strong long fingers that help them to hold onto branches. They can use their feet and tail to hold on to branches Animals like mole dig holes on the ground to move from one place to another Some land animals do not jump, run or walk. How do they move? Where do these animals live? What helps them to move around?

9. Reason to Move Why do animals move? To search for food. To escape from other animals. In search of water and sometimes for fun. What is the kingfisher doing? The kingfisher is diving to catch fish What is the big fish doing? The big fish is eating the small fish What is the eagle doing? The eagle is trying to catch a fish

10. Why does this cheetah and Deer run? Cheetah Runs to catch the deer and the deer runs to escape from the cheetah Why do animals climb on Trees? Animals like monkey and squirrels climb trees to eat fruits. Why does a frog jump? A Frog jumps to escape from being eaten by snakes. So animals move in search of food or to escape from other animals eating them

11. Why do birds migrate from places like R ussia to India during winter? In Winter the weather in R ussia is cold and birds move to warmer place . Movement of birds and animals from one place to another is called MIGRATION