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Animal Classificaiton . Warm and Cold Blooded Animals Miss Johnson 4 th Grade. What is a warm blooded animal?. Does is mean that the animals blood is warm?. No!! Animals that are warm blooded:. Keep the same body temperature, no matter what the temperature is like around them.
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Animal Classificaiton Warm and Cold Blooded Animals Miss Johnson 4th Grade
What is a warm blooded animal? • Does is mean that the animals blood is warm?
No!! Animals that are warm blooded: • Keep the same body temperature, no matter what the temperature is like around them. In the winter And the summer Their body temperature stays the same.
Animals that are warm blooded cool off by: • Sweating
How do warm blooded animals stay warm? • shivering
Layers of fur, feathers, and fat help to keep the animal warm.
What is a cold blooded animal? • Does this mean that their blood is cold?
No! Animals that are cold blooded: • Cannot control their body temperature. • If they are outside and it is hot, their body temperature becomes warm. • If they are outside and it is cold, their body temperature drops.
Cold-blooded animals also get warm by: • Fish who live in areas where the winters are cold move to deeper waters during the colder months or move to warmer waters.
How do cold-blooded animals survive the winter? • When it is cold, a cold-blooded animal is not very active. It usually buries itself in the ground so it does not get cold. • partially frozen frog will stop breathing, and its heart will stop beating. It will appear quite dead. But when it warms up above freezing, the frog's frozen portions will thaw, and its heart and lungs resume activity
Now you try. Look at the pictures and decide if it is warm, or cold blooded. • Pictures of Animals