Why Animals Fly

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📚 Part 1: Quick Questions

WALT: Understand the basic reasons animals fly.

Success criteria: I can list at least three reasons animals fly and name different flying animals.

1. Which of these is NOT a common reason animals fly?

To find food

To escape predators

To keep warm on the ground

To migrate long distances

2. Which force helps push animals up into the air?

Gravity

Lift

Friction

Buoyancy

3. Check all the reasons animals might fly:

Find food

Breathe underwater

Find mates or nesting sites

Escape predators

4. Which of these animals can fly?

Kererū (NZ wood pigeon)

Kiwi

Tuatara

Kakapo

✏️ Part 2: Short Answers & Activity

5. In one sentence, write THREE reasons why animals fly (use commas):

6. Match the animal on the left to a likely reason it flies on the right. Draw a line or write the letter.

A. Bar‑tailed godwit

B. Bat

C. Bumblebee

D. Kererū

1. Pollinates flowers

2. Migrates long distances

3. Hunts insects at night / finds food

4. Eats fruit in trees

7. Draw a simple wing (bird or insect). Label one part and write how it helps flight (one short line):

8. Give one example of a flightless bird in New Zealand and explain in two sentences why it might not fly:

Extension (optional): Research a migrating bird and write where it flies to and one reason it migrates. (Homework)

Why Animals Fly

Why Animals Fly

📚 Part 1: Quick Questions

✏️ Part 2: Short Answers & Activity

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