Workbook Animals Table of Contents 1 Contents

Workbook Animals
Contents:
Seite:
1.2 Birds
1.2.2 The Owl
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1.3 Reptiles
1.3.1 The Sand Lizard
1.3.2 The Crossed viper
1.3.3 The Nile crocodile
1.4 Fish
1.5.2 The Shark
Table of Contents
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Locomotion
Teeth, gastrointestinal tract
and excretion
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Sensory organs
and the nervous
system
Gaseous
exchange,
respiration and
transport
The pages are not numbered consecutively.
The paginations correspond with the German version
“Arbeitsheft Tierkunde“
Animal
Integumentary
system
Reproductive
system
Cell structure
Behaviour
Vocabulary: content = Inhalt, bird = Vogel, reptile = Reptil, fish = Fisch, owl = Eule, Sand Lizard = Zauneidechse, Crossed viper = Kreuzotter,
Nile crocodile = Nilkrokodil, shark = Hai, cell structure = Zellaufbau, integumentary system = Körperbedeckung, sensory organ = Sinnesorgan,
nervous system = Nervensystem, Locomotion = Fortbewegung, teeth = Zähne, Gebiss, gastrointestinal tract = Magendarmtrakt, excretion = Ausscheidung,
gaseous exchange = Gasaustausch, respiration = Zellatmung, transport = Transport, reproductive system = Fortpflanzungsorgane, behaviour = Verhalten
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1.2.2 The Owl
Chapter 1.2 Birds
Beak:
Owls have g a highly
beak, which marks
c
d
e
h
Feet:
Another identifying feature of
c
d
e
are the owl’s feet, which are
equipped with h strong
The owl is a
The f
which are nowadays labeled
g
Sensory Organs:
Covering of the body:
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f
flight feathers enable the owl to
Vocabulary: sensory organ = Sinnesorgan, circle of feathers = Federkranz, ears = Ohren, light-sensitive = lichtempfindlich, eyes = Augen, nocturnal = nächtlich,
predator = Jäger, fringed = gefranst, to enable = ermöglichen, to fly = fliegen, soundless = lautlos, curved = gebogen, raptor = Räuber, bird of prey = Greifvogel,
to mark = kennzeichnen, to label = bezeichnen, to identify = kennzeichnen, feature = Merkmal, predatory = räuberisch, bird = Vogel, equipped = ausgestattet,
talon = Kralle
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1.3.1 The Sand Lizard
Chapter 1.3 Reptiles
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d
Sensory organs:
Apart from the eyes, the
c
and
d
play an important role.
Skeleton of Sand Lizard and Slow worm
Locomotion:
c
Lizards and snakes both move by a
action of the whole spine.
The Slow worm or Blind worm is a kind of
. The absence of legs has its
benefits in narrow
, for example
when moving through low vegetation.
Behaviour:
When the external temperature falls below a
certain level and during
,
the lizards retreat to a hiding place and
. During this torpid
state their internal temperature can fall to
almost
12
°C.
In spring they bask in the sun. They are
Feeding:
The many
pointed teeth take hold of
When attacked by a predator their tail can
Insects,
be shed to visually
the aggressor. A replacement grows back.
and
Vocabulary: sensory organ = Sinnesorgan, apart from = neben, ear = das Ohr, tongue = die Zunge, winter = Winter, hibernate = überwintern,
torpid = träge, zero = Null, ectothermic = wechselwarm, to distract = ablenken, sideways = seitwärts gerichtet, action = die Bewegung, lizard = Eidechse,
absence = das Fehlen, space = der Raum, unvarying = gleichartig, caterpillar = Raupe, spider = Spinne
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1.3.2 The Crossed Viper
Chapter 1.3 Reptiles
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Hunting:
The viper catches sight of a passing
Feeding:
mouse. It picks ups the
The venom
with its tongue and
by a pair of long poison fangs.
shape. The
of its prey. If the mouse pauses
The fatal
with a
anxiuously, the viper freezes before
is the result of its effects on the
striking with its poison fangs.
prey’s
Integumentary system:
There are
scales on the
dorsal side of the viper’s head. The head has a
primary colour is
pattern on its back. The pupil
is vertically
.
After the bite the mouse still stumbles a
few steps and then collapses. The
snake devours its prey head first.
Subsequently the viper takes shelter in
order to rest and digest.
.
The amount of venom is
designed for small
,
and therefore rarely dangerous
to humans.
Vocabulary: integumentary system = Körperbedeckung, many = viele, tiny = winzig, scale = Schuppe, dorsal = Rückenseite, triangular = dreieckig,
slit-shaped = schlitzförmig, primary colour = Grundfarbe, pattern = Muster, to catch sight of = erblicken, smell = Geruch, to keep track = verfolgen, anxiously = besorgt,
to freeze = erstarren, to strike = zuschlagen, poison fang = Giftzahn, to stumble = stolpern, to collapse = zusammenfallen, to devour = verschlingen,
head first = mit dem Kopf voran, subsequently = darauffolgend, to take shelter = einen sicheren Platz aufsuchen, to digest = verdauen, venom = Gift,
to inject = einspritzen, fatal = tödlich, paralysis = Lähmung, effect = Wirkung, nervous system = Nervensystem, amount = Menge, designed for = vorgesehen für,
mammal = Säugetier, rarely = selten, dangerous = gefährlich
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1.3.3 The Nile crocodile
Chapter 1.3 Reptiles
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Locomotion and movement:
h
The f
, which is flattened on both sides,
and the g
serve as swimming organs.
g
Feeding:
The pointed cone-shaped teeth
f
the prey, which is
They are not suitable for chewing up the
Senses and perception:
prey and therefore big parts are gulped
Above the water-level the crocodile has good
c
and e
.
intact and crushed by big
,d
.
in the stomach.
Below the surface it uses mainly its formidable haptic sense.
Hunting behaviour:
Breathing:
The crocodile rises for a short moment and locates its prey by
The e
Then it dives and
head can be sealed. Under water the breath can
its way to the selected animal by marks
on the ground. On arrival it emerges, catches the prey with its yawning
jaws and
on the upper side of the
for a long period of time.
it.
Vocabulary: sense = Sinn, perception = Wahrnehmung, above = über, sight = Sehsinn, hearing = Gehörsinn, sense of smell = Geruchsinn, below = unter,
surface = Oberfläche, mainly = hauptsächlich, formidable = großartig, haptic sense = Tastsinn, to hunt = jagen, behaviour = Verhalten, to rise = sich erheben, auftauchen,
to locate = orten, to dive = tauchen, to feel = tasten, selected = ausgewählt, marks = Wegmarken, Arrival = Ankunft, to catch = fangen, yawning = aufgerissen, klaffend
jaw = Kiefer, to drown = ertränken, locomotion = Fortbewegung mit Ortswechsel, movement = Bewegung, tail = Schwanz, webbed feet = Füße mit Schwimmhäuten,
pointed = spitz, cone-shaped = kegelförmig, to take hold of = festhalten, to chew = kauen, to gulp = verschlingen, to crush = zermahlen, stones = Steine,
stomach = Magen/Bauchregion, to breath = atmen, nostrils = Nasenlöcher, to seal = verschließen, to hold breath = den Atem anhalten
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1.5.2 The Shark
400 m
50 m
Chapter 1.5 Fishes
30 m
15 m
2m
0m
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Olfactory sense
Hearing
Lateral line
Sight
Haptic sense
Sense of taste
Senses and perception:
When closing in, the shark uses these four
senses or sensory organs in the following
Teeth:
order:
The teeth are
-
The pointed and sharp-edged teeth
-
enable the shark to tear his prey to
-
pieces.
Terrestrial animals usually don’t have a
In his natural environment he
-
mostly hunts
and
.
Covering of the Body:
The dermal denticles covering the whole surface of his body and the
shape reduce the
Vocabulary: olfactory sense = Geruchsinn, hearing = Gehörsinn, lateral line = Seitenlinien Organ, sight = Sehsinn, haptic sense = Tastsinn,
sense of taste = Geschmacksinn, perception = Wahrnehmung, to close in = sich annähern, sensory organs = Sinnesorgane, order = Reihenfolge,
terrestrial = landlebend, to replace = ersetzen, constantly = ständig, fortlaufend, sharp-edged = scharfkantig, to tear to pieces = in Stücke reißen,
dermal denticles = zahnartige Hautschuppen, environment = Umwelt, seals = Seehunde, fish = Fische, streamline = stromlinienartig, shape = Form, friction = Reibung
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