Night in the Forest

Night in the Forest

Read the poster and use the information to complete the following tasks. 

a)  Use the ideas from Night in the Forest to explain how birds, insects, and bats find food at night.     

Fill in the chart. Write one idea for each bullet point.     

The first one has been done for you.

Animal	How does this animal find food?
Kiwi	Can smell food / worms through its nostrils at the end of its nose.
Morepork	At night its big eyes help it to see.
Glow worm	It lures insects with its light and then it catches them in its net.
Bat	Echolocation

b)  Give the meaning of the word that is underlined in these parts of Night in the Forest.

     i)   "...and makes a net of sticky, dangling threads."

          dangling means to hang down

     ii)  "...many native flowers are white to attract night flying moths and beetles."

          attract means something that connected to something

     iii) "The kiwi is special."

          special means unique