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10 Passing winters 11 Energy sources

Animals cannot put on a sweater, so what do they do in winter to keep warm? Read the following clues and unscramble the words to identify the sources

They have three choices. of energy.

Hibernate: It is like a very deep Read the statements below and write 1. Energy generated from the rays of the Sun. (LROAS)

sleep. They hide themselves in a den whether the following animals are energy
or burrow. Their body temperature hibernating, migrating or adapting
and heart rate slows down. They to the weather conditions. Use the
wake up in spring when the weather codes ‘H’ for hibernation, ‘M’ for 2. Energy generated from wind using machines called
is nice and there is more food around. migration and ‘A’ for adaptation. wind turbines. (NWID) energy

1. A bull frog stays underwater
all winter and survives by 3. Energy that is produced from beneath the Earth.
breathing through the skin. It is clean and environmental friendly.
(MERLATHOEG) energy
2. Monarch butterflies spend
the summers in Canada and
Migrate: When the weather starts Northern U.S. For winters
to get cold, they go to Mexico. 4. Energy that is generated from flowing river water
migrating through multi-purpose dams. (WOPRDOYHER)
animals fly 3. During winters a turtle buries
or swim to a itself in the mud on the bottom
warmer place of the pond. By keeping its 5. This energy uses the rise and fall of tides to convert

where they mouth out of the mud it gets kinetic energy into electrical energy. (DITAL)
can find food. oxygen from the water.
energy
4. Snowshoe rabbits grow white
Adapt: Animals that adapt to the
cold weather often change their fur in winters to hide in the

appearance. They grow warmer furs snow. 6. This energy is produced from organic material like
or feathers and sometimes change 5. Every year the Arctic tern plants, crops, trees, wood chips and animal wastes.
colour. They change colour to hide travels from the North Pole (SAMSIOB)
themselves against the snow. to the South Pole and back.

Info-bites

Info-bites Sri Sai Sansthan Prasadalaya in Shirdi, Maharashtra is one of
the largest solar kitchens in India. It prepares around 40,000
To prepare for hibernation many animals eat to gain
weight in summer and spring. The extra fat keeps meals in a single day and it is run totally on solar power.
them alive during winters. A truly natural kitchen!

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