Animals in the Air
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Animals That Fly
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Many animals fly because it helps them to stay safe, and they can move around fast to find food.
Bees fly to collect nectar from flowers. Then they use the nectar to make honey.
Some animals fly to hunt other animals so that they can eat them. Owls fly to hunt smaller animals, like mice.
Some animals fly to stay safe from animals that want to eat them. Small birds fly to escape from cats and dogs.
Many birds make their homes in tall trees, where they are safe. Some birds, like storks, make their nests in high places, like the top of tall poles or buildings.
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1. Match the sentence beginnings and endings.
2. Many animals fly to find ____.
3. Bees fly to ____ nectar from flowers.
4. Storks ____ their nests in high places.
5. Small birds fly to ____ from cats and dogs.
6. Owls fly to ____ other animals.
7. Mice fly to find food.
8. Bees use nectar to make honey.
9. Birds fly to escape from other animals.
10. Owls fly to escape from mice.
11. Storks make very small nests.
12. Storks make nests in high places.
13. What does flying help animals to do?
14. Where do bees find nectar?
15. What animals do owls hunt?
16. Where do many birds make their homes?
17. How big can a stork's nest be?
18. Where do storks make their nests?
Wings and Feathers
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Birds have many small feathers on their body. The feathers keep birds warm and dry.
Most birds also have longer feathers on their wings and tail. These are called flight feathers because they help birds to fly.
Birds have very thin bones with air spaces inside. The bones are very light, so it's easy for birds to fly.
Some birds have very big wings. The Andean condor can have a wingspan of 3 meters.
Some hummingbirds have a wingspan of only 6 centimeters.
The biggest flying bird was the Giant Teratorn. It lived about six million years ago and had a wingspan of up to 7 meters.
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1. Picture label 1: Write the word.
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7. Birds have many …
8. Feathers keep a bird's body …
9. Birds have very thin … bones.
10. The Andean condor is a … bird.
11. The Giant Teratorn … a flying bird.
12. What do flight feathers do?
13. What wingspan can an Andean condor have?
14. What wingspan can a hummingbird have?
15. What wingspan did the Giant Teratorn have?
16. When did the Giant Teratorn live?
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Amazing Fliers
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Most birds can fly, and some of them are amazing fliers.
The fastest bird in the world is the peregrine falcon. When it's diving straight down, it can fly at more than 200 kilometers per hour.
Swallows hunt insects in the air, so they need to dive and turn very fast.
Bar-tailed godwits fly from New Zealand to Alaska, about 16,500 kilometers. The journey takes about one week, with a short stop in China.
Swifts are small birds that spend most of the time flying. They can even sleep in the air.
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1. Match each bird to its picture/name set.
2. It flies from New Zealand to Alaska.
3. It can sleep when it's flying.
4. It dives and turns to hunt insects.
5. It's the fastest bird in the world.
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14. How many kilometers can bar-tailed godwits fly?
15. How fast can peregrine falcons fly when they dive?
16. Which birds hunt insects in the air?
17. Which birds spend most of their time flying?
Flying High
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Bar-headed geese can fly over the Himalayas. Some of these mountains are more than 8,000 meters high.
Ruppell's vultures can fly at more than 11,000 meters high. That's higher than many planes.
Birds like vultures, condors, and eagles can soar on warm air currents.
Birds that can soar have long, wide wings.
It's easier for birds to soar when it's sunny. The sun makes the land warm, the land warms the air, and warm air currents go up.
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1. Put the soaring process in the correct order.
- The sun makes the land warm.
- The land makes the air warm.
- Warm air currents go up.
- Birds go up on the air currents.
- The birds soar high in the air.
2. Odd one out: high / warm / sun / long
3. Odd one out: geese / vultures / eagles / mountains
4. Odd one out: currents / fly / soar / move
5. Order the words: mountains / geese / fly / Bar-headed / can't / over
6. Order the words: higher / Some / than / planes / vultures / fly
7. Order the words: can / currents / Eagles / soar / air / on / warm
8. Order the words: wings / don't / very / Condors / have / wide
9. Order the words: mountains / are / The / high / Himalayas / very
10. Which bird can fly at 11,000 meters high?
11. When is it easier for birds to soar?
12. What do an eagle's wings look like?
13. Which birds can fly over the Himalayas?
Insects That Fly
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The first flying animals in the world were insects. They lived about 350 million years ago.
Most insects have wings that grow from their thorax, the middle part of their body.
Many insects, like bees and butterflies, have four wings. Some insects, like flies and mosquitoes, have two wings.
Atlas moths are among the biggest flying insects today, with a wingspan of about 30 centimeters.
Green darner dragonflies can fly at more than 50 kilometers per hour.
Meganeura dragonflies lived about 300 million years ago and had a wingspan of about 70 centimeters.
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1. Picture 1: Write the insect.
2. Picture 2: Write the insect.
3. Picture 3: Write the insect.
4. Picture 4: Write the insect.
5. Picture 5: Write the insect.
6. Picture 6: Write the insect.
7. Dragonflies have ____ wings.
8. Mosquitoes have ____ wings.
9. Bees have ____ wings.
10. Butterflies have ____ wings.
11. Flies have ____ wings.
12. The biggest flying insects lived about … million years ago.
13. Green darner dragonflies can fly at more than … kilometers per hour.
14. The first flying insects lived about … million years ago.
15. Atlas moths can have a wingspan of … centimeters.
16. Meganeura dragonflies had a wingspan of about … centimeters.
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Flying Together
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Many birds fly together in big groups called flocks.
Some small birds fly in flocks to stay safe from hunting birds like eagles and falcons.
Ducks and geese fly in flocks when they move to a new place.
Starlings sometimes join together to make big flocks with thousands of birds. They look like dark clouds.
Flying insects like bees, moths, and locusts can fly in big groups called swarms.
Swarming locusts can be a big problem for farmers because they eat green plants.
Bees fly in swarms when they are moving to a new home, and scout bees show the swarm where to go.
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1. Put each animal into the correct group.
2. Some birds ____ in groups called flocks.
3. Eagles and falcons are ____ birds.
4. Locusts are a type of flying ____.
5. Swarming locusts are a big problem for ____.
6. Bees sometimes fly together in ____.
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15. When do ducks fly together in flocks?
16. What do big flocks of starlings look like?
17. When do bees fly in swarms?
18. What do hungry locusts eat?
Jumping Minibeasts
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Grasshoppers are good jumpers because they have strong back legs. They can jump 20 times their body length.
Fleas live in the hair of animals like dogs and cats. They can't fly, but they can jump about 100 times their body length.
Many spiders make silk webs to catch insects. Jumping spiders don't make webs. They wait for insects and jump on them.
Jumping spiders can jump about 80 times their body length.
Springtails have a special tail that works like a spring. They use their tail to push themselves into the air.
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9. Grasshoppers live on dogs and cats.
10. Fleas aren't very good jumpers.
11. Jumping spiders usually make webs.
12. Springtails have a tail like a spring.
13. Jumping spiders can jump 80 meters.
14. Grasshoppers have strong ____.
15. Fleas live in the hair of ____.
16. Many spiders make silk webs to ____.
17. Jumping spiders wait to jump ____.
18. Springtails push themselves ____.
19. Fleas can jump 100 times their ____.
20. How far can a grasshopper jump?
21. What animals do jumping spiders jump on?
22. How do fleas move from one animal to another?
23. What do springtails use to push themselves into the air?
Bats in the Air
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Bats are the only mammals that have wings and can fly.
Their wings have long, thin bones that look like fingers. There's a membrane of skin between the bones.
Some bats also have a membrane between their legs and use it like a net to catch insects.
The biggest bats are fruit bats. They eat fruit, flowers, and pollen. They're also called flying foxes.
Bats rest in the day and fly at night. They make sounds that bounce off things around them.
Bats hear the echoes and use them to find their way. This is called echolocation.
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7. Bats are a type of mammal.
8. Flying foxes are not bats.
9. Bats usually fly at night.
10. All bats eat fruit.
11. Bats use echoes to find things.
12. Match the bat sentence beginnings and endings.
13. What are fruit bats also called?
14. What do bats use to find their way at night?
15. What do bats have between their bones?
16. What do flying foxes eat?
Jumping Mammals
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Some mammals are excellent jumpers. This helps them to stay safe.
Red kangaroos can jump over fences that are 3 meters high and can move at more than 50 kilometers per hour.
Springbok gazelles can travel more than 15 meters in one jump and can also jump straight up. This is called pronking.
Gibbons are good at jumping and swinging between trees. They can swing about 9 meters from one branch to another.
Flying squirrels can't really fly. They have membranes between their body and legs and use them to glide in the air like kites.
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1. Picture 1: Write the animal.
2. Picture 2: Write the animal.
3. Picture 3: Write the animal.
4. Picture 4: Write the animal.
5. Red kangaroos can ____ over high fences.
6. Springbok gazelles can ____ 15 meters in one jump.
7. Gibbons can ____ 9 meters between trees.
8. Flying squirrels can ____ like kites.
9. Springbok gazelles can also ____.
10. How high can red kangaroos jump?
11. What are gibbons good at doing?
12. How fast can gibbons travel between trees?
13. What do flying squirrels have between their body and their legs?
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Frogs, Snakes, and Fish
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Some amphibians can glide in the air. Gliding leaf frogs have membranes between their fingers and toes.
Some reptiles can glide, too. Paradise tree snakes make their body very wide and flat and can glide about 100 meters.
Flying fish can jump out of the water and glide for hundreds of meters.
Flying fish have big fins that look like wings.
Animals can move around by flying, jumping, and gliding.
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1. Gliding ____ frogs have membranes between their fingers and ____.
2. They use these ____ to ____ in the air.
3. Paradise tree ____ can glide about 100 ____ through the ____.
4. They make their body ____ and flat.
5. Flying ____ have big fins that look like ____.
6. They glide in the air for ____ of meters.
7. Odd one out: wide / membranes / flat / big
8. Odd one out: meters / snakes / frogs / fish
9. Odd one out: jump / glide / fly / body
10. Odd one out: toes / fins / reptiles / wings
11. It sleeps in the air.
12. It makes big nests.
13. It's a bird that soars.
14. It's a very fast insect.
15. It's a type of bat.
16. It flies in big flocks.
17. It's a jumping minibeast.
18. It's a very small bird.
19. It hunts insects in the evening.
20. It's a mammal that swings between trees.
21. What's your favorite flying animal?
Câu trả lời tự do — không tính vào điểm.22. What's your favorite jumping animal?
Câu trả lời tự do — không tính vào điểm.23. What's your favorite gliding animal?
Câu trả lời tự do — không tính vào điểm.Animals in the Air Projects
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Project 1: An Animal Poster — list animals that fly, jump, or glide where you live, find or draw pictures, label them, and display the poster. Project 2: An Animal Report — choose an animal that travels in the air and write about its type, how it moves, what its body looks like, and what is special about it.
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