Life science growing up on earth are they look alikes

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Some baby animals are look-alikes They are

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A tadpole looks like a fish, but it’s not It

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A tadpole is not a look-alike It will lose

its tail and grow legs It will grow up to be a frog

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Do you know what this baby animal is? It is a mammal Its stripes are another clue

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A baby zebra does look like its parents

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This baby bird has just hatched The little bird is clumsy It cannot move its long legs

very well

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s little bird is a flamingo It doesn’t

look much like its parents yet But its parents know

the baby belongs to them In a few years, it will

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Responding

Think About What You Have Read

Which animals in this book are look-alikes?

B Which animals in this book are not look-alikes?

What other baby animals are look-alikes? What

other baby animals are not look-alikes?

Activity

Draw an animal baby on a sheet of paper

Below the picture, write Is it a look-alike?

Draw the animal baby’s parent on the back

of the paper Show the baby to your family and friends and ask them to answer the question

Tell them to look at the back to see if they

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Life Science: Growing Up on Earth