Transcript Utah`s Plants and Animals

Utah’s Plants and Animals
Environments
• Wetlands-land that is wet. Also called
Riparian areas.
• Forests-areas covered by trees.
• Deserts-land that receives less than ten
inches of rainfall a year.
Wonderful Wetlands
Riparian areas are found near
streams and lakes
Fish are animals that live in water.
Insects have six legs.
Birds are animals that have
feathers.
Cattails
Bulrushes
Beaver
Muskrats use cattails for food and
building lodges.
In winter, frogs go into hibernation,
an inactive, sleep-like state.
The Great Salt Lake
Invertebrates are animals without a
backbone.
Migrate-moving to another place to
find food.
Forests are large areas of land
that are covered with trees.
Deciduous trees lose leaves in the
fall and grow new ones in spring.
Coniferous trees are evergreens.
They stay green all year.
A porcupine is a forest animal that
eats the bark of trees.
Deer migrate during the winter to
places where there is food.
Ponderosa Pine trees are found in
the Colorado Plateau region.
Aspen trees are found in the
mountains.
Spruce and Fir trees are found at
high elevations in the mountains.
Squirrels keep busy gathering
seeds and nuts.
A moose likes to live near water in
the forest.
Hummingbirds are busy collecting
nectar from the mountain flowers.
Deserts are areas that receive less
than 10 inches of rain per year.
A Prickly Pear Cactus has a waxy
covering and sharp spines.
Sagebrush is used by desert
animals for food and shelter.
Juniper Pines
Pinyon Pine trees
Jackrabbits live in deserts. They
use their ears to hear enemies.
Coyotes are one of the predators
that live in the desert.
Reptiles are cold-blooded and they
have scaly skin and backbones.
Lizards are reptiles.
The tortoise lives in the hot desert.
Classification
• Look at the outside
appearance of an
animal.
• Notice the size,
shape, texture, and
color.
Plants and Animals
Vertebrates have a backbone.
Invertebrates do not have one.
Cold-blooded animals body
temperature changes.
Warm-blooded animals body
temperature stays about the same.
We can classify Utah’s animals.
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Birds
Mammals
Insects
Fish
Reptiles
Amphibians