EVERYDAY SCIENCE - ANIMALS
Question 2

At the aquarium, Ace saw a turtle swimming with some fish. He noticed that the turtle swam upwards and put its nose out of the water.

Answer 1

Fill in the blanks with the keywords provided below.
[scales] • [lungs] • [gills] • [reptile] • [dry skin] • [dissolved oxygen] • [atmospheric oxygen] • [respond]

a) Explain why the turtle has to come up to the surface of the water, whereas the fish can stay underwater all the time.

Answer:

The turtle is a . They use their to breathe and take in from above the water.
Fish have to take in from the water.


b) What is the difference between the body covering of turtles and fish?

Answer:

Turtles have covered with scales while fish have .


c) After some time, Ace saw the turtle swimming towards a fish. The fish then swam away from the turtle. Name one characteristic of living things to explain his observation.

Answer:

A fish is a living thing. Living things to changes around them.




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“Turtles can hold their breath and remain underwater for up to 7 hours! In contrast, the longest recorded time that a human can hold his breath diving underwater is 24 minutes.”