The Needs of Animals

All animals need food, water, air, and _____________________________________.

• soil

• shelter

• grass

• energy

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Food gives an animal energy. Energy is the ________________________.

• food we eat

• ability to do work

• making its own food

• place where an animal lives

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Animals cannot make their own food. They get the food they need from eating other living things. This means that animals are _________________________.

• producers

• organisms

• consumers

• energy

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Animals need air because it contains ________________.

• oxygen

• nutrients

• carbon dioxide

• water

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Approximately ______________percent of the human body is made up of water.

• 40

• 50

• 60

• 70

Water has several important jobs. It helps the body use food as fuel. It helps animals stay cool, and it helps by _______________________________.

• providing nutrients

• helping animals swim

• giving animals energy

• getting rid of body waste

Mountains, oceans, caves, and lodges are examples of:_________________.

• food

• shelters

• needs

Animals respond to their environment by___________________.

• hibernating

• migrating

• gathering food for winter

• all of the above

Fish and some water animals take in oxygen through their_________________.

• gills

• lungs

• skin

• fins

The four things all animals need in order to live are:

• food, shelter, air, and oxygen

• air, water, shelter, and food

• air, water, consumer, and organisms

• food, air, shelter, and plants

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