Grade 1 - Animals and Habitats

Animals and Habitats: Supplemental Guide 4 | Animals of the East African Savanna Habitat 69

 Prior to listening to “Animals of the East African Savanna

Habitat,” orally identify what they know and have learned about

the Arctic and Sonoran Desert habitats and animals

Core Vocabulary

coexist, v. To live peacefully together at the same time or in the same

place

Example: The walrus and the seal were able to coexist in the arctic

habitat.

Variation(s): coexists, coexisted, coexisting

hardy, adj. Able to survive in bad or harsh conditions

Example: Cacti are hardy plants, able to survive the harsh conditions of

the desert.

Variation(s): hardier, hardiest

predators, n. Animals that hunt and eat other animals

Example: Lions are large predators that hunt other animals living in the

savanna.

Variation(s): predator

prey, n. An animal that is hunted by other animals

Example: Many grasshoppers hide in the grass of the savanna so they

do not become prey to the birds fl ying overhead.

Variation(s): none

prickly, adj. Small and sharp

Example: The cactus’s spines are prickly.

Variation(s): pricklier, prickliest