Vocabulary Review

Pollination

• Flowers are able to reproduce with the help of insects

• Insects or birds go in search of nectar from flowers

• Animals are attracted to the flowers because of their bright colors and scents

• Another word for a flower's color and scent is an adaptation

Steps to Pollinate

• When animals drink nectar, pollen sticks to them

• The animal moves to another flower and the pollen that was sticking to them falls off

• The flower makes new seeds and they move to the soil through the wind, other plants or animals, and the water.

Mammals...

• Mammals are warm-blooded

• Mammals have hair or fur

• Most mammals are born alive

• Young mammals drink milk from their mothers

​Cacti Adaptations

• A cactus has folds to help it store lots of water

• Its spines help protect the cactus from thirsty animals

• A cactus has thick, waxy skin to protect it from losing water by evaporation in the hot, desert heat

​Bird Adaptations

• Birds must migrate to find food

• They fly the same routes every year, moving between their summer and winter habitats