How do Animals Increase in Number
Learning objective:
Identify the difference between egg-laying animals
and animals giving birth to babies.
Describe the structure of an egg.
Describe the stages in the life cycle of frog and
butterfly.
Describe the typical features of a mammal.
Keywords:
reproduction
egg shell
albumen
yolk
embryo
life cycle
spawns
metamorphosis
tadpole
caterpillar
larva
cocoon
pupa
moulting
mammals
Q1. What are the ways by which animals can
reproduce?
Reproduction is key to species
survival.
Some animals lay eggs while
some give birth to young ones.
Egg-Laying Animals
Many animals reproduce by laying Eggs.
The animals sit on the eggs to keep the eggs
warm.
The habit of some animals to sit on their eggs to
keep the eggs warm is known as incubation.
Once the egg is mature, the young ones hatch out.
All birds reproduce by laying egg.
Fun Fact: The animals which produce their young
ones through laying eggs are called oviparous animals.
What are Oviparous animals?Can you name a
few?
Q2. Can you name some animals which reproduce
by giving birth to the young ones?
Q3. A student observed that birds sit on their
eggs before the eggs are hatched into young
ones.
What do you think could be the reason for this?
What is incubation?
What is hatching?
Q4. Differentiate between viviparous and
oviparous animals. Give examples
Q5. What would happen if there was no
reproductive system?
Reproduction is the process by which organisms make
more organisms like themselves. If there was no
reproductive system we organisms would not be able to
reproduce and there will be no offsprings.
Parts Of an Egg
Egg Shell- It is a protective shell to prevent it from
damaging.
Albumen- It is a white jelly-
like substance. It is rich in
proteins.
Yolk- It is the yellow inner
part of the egg. It is rich in
fats, vitamins and minerals.
The yolk contains food for embryo (growing baby)
The embryo develops into a chick.
Within the egg
The embryo goes through various stages of
development before the egg hatches and the chick
comes out.
The chick grows into an adult.
Various stages of development, from an embryo to
a mature adult, is called the life cycle of an egg.
Q6. Which part of bird’s egg is rich in protein?
Albumen is rich in proteins.
Q7. What do you understand by the term
lifecycle?
Q8. Where do think it begins from?
Q9. Do all animals have similar
stages of life?
Metamorphosis
A complete change in the form and habits of some
animals during transformation from a young form to an
adult form is known as metamorphosis.
Do all animals have similar stages of life?
The process by which plants make their own food using
chlorophyll, carbon dioxide, and water in the presence
of sunlight is known as photosynthesis.
1. Why do you think frogs lay so many eggs?
2. How does the cycle begin again?
[Link] do you mean by the term
metamorphosis?
[Link] does a tadpole differ from an adult frog?
Think about what we have learned about the butterfly
today. Do you see any similarities or differences to the
frog’s life cycles that we have studied?
What value do you learn from a butterfly that
goes through the struggling stages to come out
as a beautiful butterfly?
Moulting
The process of shedding the old skin is called moulting.
Features of mammals
Mammals Have Well-Developed organs like Brain,
heart, lungs etc.
Have fur or hair.
Drink their mom's milk when they're babies.
Human beings, dog, lion, deer, buffalo,
hippopotamus some examples of mammals.
Whales and dolphins are mammals found in water,
but do not have hair on their body.
Animals look after their young ones
Build houses to protect their babies from enemies
Hunt for food
Feed babies their own milk
Keeps them warm
Q1 What are endangered animals?
Q2 How do we protect them?
Q3 Find information on some of the initiatives
taken by UAE
to protect them?
Research Link :
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trapped and are unable to escape.