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Competencies
C-1.1, C-3.1

• Analysing
• Critical Thinking
21st CENTURY SKILLS
• Problem Solving
2 Animals and Their

Varying Lifestyles

Warm Up • Analysing

Animals have different ways to protect themselves. What
does the animal shown in the picture have for protection?

ADAPTATIONS IN ANIMALS

We see animals everywhere on the earth. The place where an animal lives is
called its habitat. Animals develop some special features and skills to be able to

get food, breathe and to protect themselves from heat, cold and predators. These
special features and skills are called adaptations.

Adaptations for Breathing Gills

All animals need oxygen to stay alive. They take in oxygen
and give out carbon dioxide. For this gaseous exchange, most

animals have some special organs called breathing organs.

 Land animals like horses, dogs, lions, etc. and human
beings have lungs for breathing. Breathing organ of fish

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