Recall and write about how animals, birds and insects rely on plants. Which one was your favourite example?
Animals, birds, and insects rely on plants for food, shelter, and resting places.
For food: camels eat leaves, monkeys eat fruits, sunbirds and butterflies drink nectar from flowers, and caterpillars munch on leaves.
For shelter and nesting: owls use tree hollows to raise young ones, squirrels and crows use twigs to build nests, tailorbirds stitch leaves to make nests, and bats and leopards use branches for rest.
For protection: squirrels hide in tree hollows, and many insects rest on leaves for safety from predators.
Explanation
The chapter provides multiple examples of how animals depend on plants: camels eat leaves, birds like owls use hollows in trees, squirrels and crows use twigs to build nests, monkeys eat fruits, sunbirds and butterflies drink nectar, tailorbirds stitch leaves to build nests, bats and leopards use branches for shelter, and caterpillars eat leaves for food.
Solution Steps
Animals, birds, and insects depend on plants for food, shelter, and resting places
For food: camels eat leaves, monkeys eat fruits, sunbirds and butterflies drink nectar, caterpillars eat leaves
For shelter and nesting: owls use tree hollows, squirrels and crows use twigs, tailorbirds stitch leaves, bats and leopards use branches
For protection: squirrels hide in tree hollows, insects rest on leaves for safety from predators