Unit 3:

Animal
Science Year 5 SK
(Miss Aina- NakTutor.com)
 table of contents

02.
01. Food chain 04.
Survival of Effects of
animal popular ion
species change
03.
Food web
Survival
of animal
species
The abilities for animal to maintain their
species to avoid extinction. Animal have
specific characteristics and behaviours to
protect themselves so that their species can
survive.
 01.
PROTECTion from enemies
Specific characteristics and behaviours of
animals can protect them from their enemies.
 characteristics
The physical features of animal that help them
survive and reproduce

Venomous Sharp horns

Stings or bites that
Used for self-defence
release venoms to
against predators.
hunt or kill enemies.

Hard shells Hard scales

Outer layer that
Outer protective layer
protects body from
that avoid injury.
predators.

Strong leg
Sharp spines
muscles
Help animals move
Piercing enemies
faster to escape from
that come close
enemies.
 behaviours
The act or response of animal that help them survive
and reproduce

Mimicry Curling up Hide inside

Body colours or Once touched, the
Makes it hard for animal will hide inside
patterns that allow enemies to attack
camouflage their shells

Odorous Play dead Detach body parts

Bad smells or odours Confused enemies To make enemies
released to draw will leave confuse
enemies away.

Grouping Spray ink Puff up

Double or triple up
Reduce the risk of Ejecting ink that allow
their sizes to scare
attack escape
enemies
 02.
Protection from extreme
weather
Animals that live in extreme weather
have specific characteristics on
their bodies and specific behaviours
to protect themselves.
 Cold weather
Polar bear penguin
C:Thick fur traps body heat
C:Short & densed feathers
B: Hibernate to reduce
B: Tuck in their flippers to
movement and prevent
reduce heat loss
from losing energy

whales sea lion

C: Small earlobes & thick
C: Thick layers of fat layers of fat
B: Migration B: Huddle together for
warmth
 hot weather
buffalo Hippopotamus Elephant
C: Dark skin & have few C: Mucus-like substance C: Wrinkly skin
sweat glands coats skin B: Flap their ears to reduce
B: Wallow in water/mud B: Wallow in water/mud body temperature

Camel Desert fox

C: Humps that store food
C: Long & big ears
in form of fat
B: Nocturnal
B: Lay down facing sun
03.
Animals protect
their eggs
Animals lay eggs and protect them to
ensure their species survival from
extinction.
 How animals
protect
their eggs
Crocodile Birds
Hide and incubate the Hide and incubate
eggs in bushy nest eggs in nests or tree
filled with dried leaves holes until hatch

Turtle & tortoise

Insects Lay eggs in a hole and Frog & Toads
Hide their eggs either cover them with soil Lay many eggs that
in soil, gaps found in smell bad and
hidden places or on covered with mucus
surface near calm
water
04.
Animals protect
their young
Animals protect their young in many ways to
ensure that their species can continue to live
and prevent extinction
Joeys suckle and grow Protect their young by
in the pouches of their placing them in their
mothers to ensure their mouth while moving and
safety. looking for food.
Care and suckle their
young until they are
able to feed on their
own.

Attack the enemies Care and feed their

when their young are in young.
danger.
Food chain
Liking things in a habitat is interdependent for
food sources. A food chain is the food
relationship among living things.
An example of living things in the habitat at the mangrove swamp

The relationship of all the living things

 Animal classification based
on their diet
Carnivore
● Eat meat only
● Have claws, strong beak
● Ex: Lion, mantis, octopus
Herbivore
● Eat greens only
● Some love grass, shoots,
fruits, or beans.
● Ex: Cow, goat, caterpillar Omnivore

● Eat both meat and plants

● Ex: Bear, chicken, goose
 The food chain that can be concluded from the relationship

Arrow indicates eaten by and the energy transfer from

producer to consumers.
 Producer and consumer

Producer Consumer
The organisms or living things
Living things that have to hunt,
that able to produce their own
gather, and eat their foods to
food by obtaining energy from
gain energy or they will die.
the Sun such as plants.
 Food web

Food web consists of all the

food chain in a single habitat.
 habitat:
vegetable farm

Vegetable Duck Goat Chicken Caterpillar Snake

Food chain
Food web
habitat:
Pond
Food chain
Food web
Effects on
population
change
In a habitat, the energy transfer
occurs continuously in the food
chain. Any changes in the
population of living things will
affect the whole ecosystem
 There are many reasons for
the changes in the population,
including…

Tremendous weather
Forest fire Pandemic
changes

Unplanned forest Illegal hunting and

Deforestation
exploration poaching