Animal Camouflage
Know that many animals use camouflage — colours and patterns that help them blend into their surroundings — to hide from predators or to sneak up on prey, like a leaf insect that looks like a leaf or an Arctic hare that turns white in winter
What a learner can do afterwards
- Explains that camouflage means blending in with surroundings
- Gives at least 3 examples of camouflaged animals
- Explains that camouflage helps animals hide from predators or sneak up on food
The lesson
Some animals have colors that match their home. This is called camouflage. It helps them hide.
A leaf insect has flat, green wings. It looks just like a leaf. Birds fly right past it.
An Arctic hare is brown in summer. In winter, its fur turns white. This hides it in the snow.
Camouflage helps in two ways. It hides animals from hungry predators. It also helps hunters sneak up on food.
Look closely next time you're outside. Camouflaged animals could be hiding nearby.
Camouflage means blending in, like a leaf insect or a snow-white hare.
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Where this leads
Jobs that lean on this skill. Follow one to see everything it is built on.
8 questions wait behind this lesson, each with its answer explained. Every answer feeds the sky: stars light as they are learned, and dim when it is time to come back.