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Variation for ages 5-11
What does the word
variation mean?
Variation is a word
that describes the
similarities and
differences between
living things.
As you can see below some living things have similarities and some have
differences but there is an enormous variety!
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Variation
Variation
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Variation
Look very carefully at these two types of elephants?
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Tusks
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Forehead
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Ears
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Trunk and tail
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Eyes
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Hair
Q. Look at these features.
Are they similar or
different in African and
Asian elephants?
e.g. they have the same
number of toes.
AFRICAN ASIAN
RANGE
RANGE
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Big tusks
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Flattened forehead
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Curved ears
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Similar trunk and tail
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Similar small eyes
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Not very hairy
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Very small tusks
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Rounded forehead
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Straight edged ears
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Similar trunk and tail
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Similar small eyes
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Some hair
AFRICAN ASIAN
Elephants are animals which means they can move, eat and grow.
They get their energy from eating living things.
Plants e.g. trees are also living things just like animals but they get
their energy to grow from the Sun. They usually have leaves.
Look at the pictures below and click on the four animals:
Polar bear. This a a type of animal
called a “mammal” which have hair or
fur and produce milk, humans are
mammals too. It is an animal. Well
done!
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four animals