07 - An Animal that Acts like a Plant
07 - An Animal that Acts like a Plant
Title
The Animal That Acts Like a PlantReading Text
This video is about a special animal called a slug. It lives in the ocean. It looks like a bright green leaf. Most animals must eat food to live. But this slug is different. It eats algae (water plants) and keeps their green parts inside its body. Now, the slug can use sunlight to make energy, just like a plant! It is half animal and half plant. It can go for one year without eating food.
Activities
Vocabulary
- Text: A slow animal with a soft body and no shell.
- Text: The flat green part of a plant.
- Text: The light that comes from the sun.
- Text: To take food into the body.
- Text: The color of grass and salad.
- Text: Small plants that live in the water.
- Label: SlugAnswer: A
- Label: LeafAnswer: B
- Label: SunlightAnswer: C
- Label: EatAnswer: D
- Label: GreenAnswer: E
- Label: AlgaeAnswer: F
- Before: The ElysiaAnswer: slugAfter: looks very strange.
- Before: It looks exactly like a greenAnswer: leafAfter: to hide.
- Before: It likes to eatAnswer: algaeAfter: which are small water plants.
- Before: This animal usesAnswer: sunlightAfter: to make its own energy.
- Before: It does not need toAnswer: eatAfter: for a long time.
- Text: To be generatedAnswer: The slug is green.
- Text: To be generatedAnswer: It looks like a leaf.
- Text: To be generatedAnswer: The plant needs sunlight.
- Text: To be generatedAnswer: It lives in the water.
- Text: To be generatedAnswer: It is half plant.
Comprehension
- Text: The slug looks like a green leaf.Answer: true
- Text: The slug lives in the desert.Answer: false
- Text: It eats algae to get special green parts.Answer: true
- Text: It needs to eat food every day.Answer: false
- Text: It uses sunlight to make energy.Answer: true
Written Expression
- Text: Imagine you are half animal and half plant. What would you do?
- Text: Do you think this slug is smart? Why or why not?
Here are some example answers:
1. Half animal, half plant:
- "I would sit in the sun all day and sleep."
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