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Competencies
C-1.1, C-1.4, C-2.1

• Critical Thinking
• Understanding
21st CENTURY SKILLS
• Creativity
4 Reproduction in Animals

Warm Up • Critical Thinking

Look at this elephant family. The baby elephant looks similar

as its parents. Do all young animals look like their parents? Do
all animals give birth to their young ones? But some animals
produce young one by laying eggs.

You might have seen cute puppies following their mother in your neighbour-

hood.

All living beings take birth, grow and die after completing their life.
During their lifetime, they produce babies similar to them. Producing babies of

own kind is called reproduction. Animals reproduce to continue their generation.

Animals reproduce in two ways:

 Some animals give birth to young ones.

 Some animals lay eggs.

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