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Animal Senses for Survival

Animals using their senses in nature

🐾 Part 1: Animal Senses Knowledge

1. Which of the five senses helps a deer detect danger from predators?

Taste

Sight and hearing

Touch only

Smell only

2. A dog uses its nose to find food. This is an example of using which sense?

Sight

Hearing

Smell

Touch

3. Check ALL the ways animals might use their senses for survival:

Finding food

Avoiding predators

Finding shelter

Communicating with other animals

4. What is a stimulus?

An animal's response to danger

A change in the environment that causes an animal to respond

The way animals interpret information

An animal's five senses

✏️ Part 2: Vocabulary and Examples

5. Fill in the blanks using the vocabulary words: senses, perception, response, stimuli

When a rabbit hears a loud noise (the __________), it uses its __________ to gather information. The rabbit's __________ tells it the sound might be dangerous, so its __________ is to run and hide.

6. Give an example of how an owl uses its senses to survive at night:
7. Explain why having good senses is important for animal survival:
8. Choose one animal and describe how it uses TWO different senses to help it survive:

Animal: _________________

Sense 1: __________ - How it helps: ________________________________

Sense 2: __________ - How it helps: ________________________________

🤔 Part 3: Critical Thinking

9. Which sense do you think is MOST important for animal survival? Explain your reasoning:
10. Imagine you are a scientist studying animals. Describe one way you could test how well an animal uses one of its senses:
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