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| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |Powerful legs | | style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |Powerful legs | ||
| style="height:20px; width:400px; text-align:center;" |To help with digging up food and burrowing. | | style="height:20px; width:400px; text-align:center;" |To help with digging up food and burrowing. | ||
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| + | | style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |Long, sticky tongue | ||
| + | | style="height:20px; width:400px; text-align:center;" |To help capture insects. | ||
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| style="height:20px; width:400px; text-align:center;" |To help the [[aardvark]] sniff out its food: [[ants]] and [[termites]]. | | style="height:20px; width:400px; text-align:center;" |To help the [[aardvark]] sniff out its food: [[ants]] and [[termites]]. | ||
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| − | | style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |Sharp claws | + | | style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |Sharp claws and powerful legs |
| style="height:20px; width:400px; text-align:center;" |To dig up [[ants]] and [[termites]] for food, and so it can dig burrows to live and sleep in. | | style="height:20px; width:400px; text-align:center;" |To dig up [[ants]] and [[termites]] for food, and so it can dig burrows to live and sleep in. | ||
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| − | | style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" | | + | | style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |Thick nostril hair |
| − | | style="height:20px; width:400px; text-align:center;" |To help | + | | style="height:20px; width:400px; text-align:center;" |To help filter through matter and search for food as it digs. |
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| + | | style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |Muscular area in stomach | ||
| + | | style="height:20px; width:400px; text-align:center;" |To break down food, rendering chewing unnecessary, as an Aardvark has only a few teeth and no enamel. | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |Long, sticky tongue | ||
| + | | style="height:20px; width:400px; text-align:center;" |To help capture insects. | ||
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| + | ==Key Stage 4== | ||
| + | ===Meaning=== | ||
| + | An [[aardvark]] is a medium-sized, burrowing [[animal]] with 4 legs and a long [[pig]]-like snout, in the [[class]]; [[mammal]]. | ||
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| + | ===About Aardvarks=== | ||
| + | : As a [[mammal]] [[aardvark]]s: | ||
| + | :*Are [[vertebrate]]s | ||
| + | :*Feed their [[offspring]] with [[milk]]. | ||
| + | :*Are [[viviparous]]. | ||
| + | :*Are [[homeotherm]]s. | ||
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| + | ===Adaptations of Aardvarks=== | ||
| + | {| class="wikitable" | ||
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| + | | style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |'''Adaptation''' | ||
| + | | style="height:20px; width:400px; text-align:center;" |'''Purpose''' | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |A pig-like snout | ||
| + | | style="height:20px; width:400px; text-align:center;" |To help the [[aardvark]] sniff out its food: [[ants]] and [[termites]]. | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |Sharp claws and powerful legs | ||
| + | | style="height:20px; width:400px; text-align:center;" |To dig up [[ants]] and [[termites]] for food, and so it can dig burrows to live and sleep in. | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |Thick nostril hair | ||
| + | | style="height:20px; width:400px; text-align:center;" |To help filter through matter and search for food as it digs. | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |Muscular '''pyloric''' area in stomach | ||
| + | | style="height:20px; width:400px; text-align:center;" |To break down food, rendering chewing unnecessary, as an Aardvark has only a few teeth and no enamel. | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |Long, sticky tongue | ||
| + | | style="height:20px; width:400px; text-align:center;" |To help capture insects. | ||
|} | |} | ||
Revision as of 18:47, 25 April 2019
Key Stage 1
Meaning
File:Aardvark1.png
A picture of an aardvark.
An aardvark is a medium-sized animal with 4 legs and a long pig-like snout.
About Aardvarks
- The nose and the mouth of an aardvark are at the end of its snout.
- The aardvark is nocturnal, which means it will only come out at night.
Examples
| This is a picture of an aardvark. | This is a picture of an aardvark. |
Key Stage 2
Meaning
An aardvark is a medium-sized, burrowing mammal with 4 legs and a long pig-like snout.
About Aardvarks
- As a mammal aardvarks:
- Aardvarks live in Africa, and are found in bushland, woodland, grassland and savanna habitat.
- The aardvark is nocturnal, which means it will only come out at night.
- Aardvarks dig and live in burrows.
- A young aardvark is called a cub.
| An aardvark's skeleton showing its backbone. |
Lifecyle of an Aardvark
| Foetus | Young | Adult |
| An aardvark starts its life inside the mother getting its food through the umbilical cord. | When an aardvark has been born it cannot eat so it gets milk from its mother to survive. This is a young aardvark cub. | An adult aardvark is mature and can have it's own offspring. |
Adaptations of Aardvarks
| Adaptation | Purpose |
| A pig-like snout | To help the aardvark sniff out its food: ants and termites. |
| Sharp claws | To dig up ants and termites for food, and so it can dig burrows to live and sleep in. |
| Powerful legs | To help with digging up food and burrowing. |
| Long, sticky tongue | To help capture insects. |
Key Stage 3
Meaning
An aardvark is a medium-sized, burrowing mammal with 4 legs and a long pig-like snout.
About Aardvarks
- As a mammal aardvarks:
- Are vertebrates
- Feed their offspring with milk.
- Give birth to live young.
- Keep a constant internal temperature.
Adaptations of Aardvarks
| Adaptation | Purpose |
| A pig-like snout | To help the aardvark sniff out its food: ants and termites. |
| Sharp claws and powerful legs | To dig up ants and termites for food, and so it can dig burrows to live and sleep in. |
| Thick nostril hair | To help filter through matter and search for food as it digs. |
| Muscular area in stomach | To break down food, rendering chewing unnecessary, as an Aardvark has only a few teeth and no enamel. |
| Long, sticky tongue | To help capture insects. |
Key Stage 4
Meaning
An aardvark is a medium-sized, burrowing animal with 4 legs and a long pig-like snout, in the class; mammal.
About Aardvarks
- As a mammal aardvarks:
- Are vertebrates
- Feed their offspring with milk.
- Are viviparous.
- Are homeotherms.
Adaptations of Aardvarks
| Adaptation | Purpose |
| A pig-like snout | To help the aardvark sniff out its food: ants and termites. |
| Sharp claws and powerful legs | To dig up ants and termites for food, and so it can dig burrows to live and sleep in. |
| Thick nostril hair | To help filter through matter and search for food as it digs. |
| Muscular pyloric area in stomach | To break down food, rendering chewing unnecessary, as an Aardvark has only a few teeth and no enamel. |
| Long, sticky tongue | To help capture insects. |