1. Animals
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2. Questions to think about…
What are the characteristics of animals?
In what ways do they differ?
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3. Characteristics of animals
What are the differences in the size of animals?
Animals come in different sizes.
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4. Characteristics of animals
What are the differences in the colours animals?
Some animals have only one colour. Others are very colourful.
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5. Characteristics of animals
What outer coverings do animals have?
Animals have different outer coverings.
Some animals have an outer covering of shell.
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6. Characteristics of animals
What outer coverings do animals have?
Some animals have an outer covering of hair.
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7. Characteristics of animals
What outer coverings do animals have?
Some animals have an outer covering of scales.
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8. Characteristics of animals
What outer coverings do animals have?
Some animals have an outer covering of feathers.
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9. Characteristics of animals
What are the differences in the shapes of animals?
Animals come in different shapes.
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10. Characteristics of animals
What food do animals eat?
Animals eat different kinds of food.
They eat to stay alive.
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11. Characteristics of animals
For example, this girl can run, walk, climb and swim.
How do animals move?
Animals move in different ways.
They use various parts of their bodies to move.
Some animals can move in more than one way.
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12. Characteristics of animals
How do animals move?
Some animals move with their flippers.
flippers
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13. Characteristics of animals
How do animals move?
Some animals move with their bodies.
This snail moves by slithering its body.
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14. Characteristics of animals
How do animals move?
Some animals fly with their wings.
wings
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15. Characteristics of animals
How do animals move?
Some animals use fins to swim.
fins
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16. Characteristics of animals
How do animals move?
Some animals move with their legs.
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17. Characteristics of animals
How do animals reproduce?
Some animals, such as snakes and birds lay eggs.
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18. Characteristics of animals
How do animals reproduce?
Some animals give birth to their young.
The young grows inside the bodies of these animals before they are born.
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20. The end
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