Grade IV

SCIENCE
S/Y 2021-2022
Name: ___________________________________________ Section:__________________
Introduction
Hello! How are you today? Do you have your pet animal at home? What is
it? Did you know that animals play an important yet unique role in human lives?
We use animals for our own benefit, and sometimes forget that they are also living
things. There are times that we forget to treat them like humans. In this module,
you will be provided with fun and exciting activities and exercises where you
would understand animals’ life both on land and in water.
This module was designed and written for you. It is here to help you master
the characteristics of some animals around you including its body structures for
adaptation, body movements and specific habitats. The scope of this module
permits it to be used in many different learning situations. Please be guided by
the instructions in each activity and make sure to practice safety precautions at
all times. This module focuses on some animals around you.
Objectives:
After going through this module, you are expected to:
 Infer that body structures help animals adapt and survive in their particular
habitat.

Adaptation- it is the structure or behavior that helps an organism survive in its

environment

Marine/Aquatic animals- animals living in water

1. scales- protection against disease and from other animals

2. exoskeleton- an outside covering used by shrimps and lobsters
3. shell- covering of clams and mussels
4. gills- used for breathing underwater
5. fins- used for swimming
Land/ terrestrial animals- animals living on land; they have lungs for breathing

1. fur- covering of animals to keep them warm

2. feather- covering of animals that is used for flying
3. smooth skin- used for breathing
4. scales- used for protection
5. legs- used for walking
6. wings-used for flying

Some animals use the following to get and eat their food:

1. claws
2. beaks
3. teeth
4. sticky tongue
5. movable jaws
6. sucking tubes
7. paws

Camouflage- the ability of an animal to change its color or markings in order to

blend to its surroundings
Ex: flounder, English peppered moths, trout,
chameleon.

Example: The chameleon can change its color to

match its surroundings.

Mimicry- an adaptation in which one animal closely resembles another animal in

appearance or behavior.

Example: The viceroy butterfly uses mimicry to look like the monarch butterfly.
 Animals imitate the shapes, smell, tastes, color or even the sounds of other
animals. Examples are zebra, killer whale, and tiger.
Some animals secrete chemicals to protect themselves like squid, wasp, snakes
and jellyfish. Octopus release a cloud of ink to escape.

Animals have adaptive behavior that protect their own kind. They move in
groups/families/herds/pride/pack. Monkey, elephant, penguins, hyena, and
wolves are examples of this.

Some move fast to protect themselves. Cheetah and ostrich are examples.

While some animals have protective coverings such as turtles, crabs, snails
and oyster. When they sense danger, they keep their bodies inside their shells.

Habitat- is an ecological or environmental area that is inhabited by a particular

species of animal, plant, or other type of organism.

Animals move differently depending on their habitat and their body

structures. Animals that live on land move in different ways. Some walk, hop and
jump. Others fly and crawl. Most animals that live in water swim. But some aquatic
animals have legs for walking. Examples are crustaceans like shrimp, prawn and
crab. Animals that can live both in water and land can either walk, hop, jump, or
swim.

Population- it refers to the total number of animals in a particular habitat or

community.

Animals in the community depend on the habitat available in that

particular community

Some of the habitats of animals are pond, grassland, and sea. The body
structures of animal for adaptation play an important role in choosing animals to
raise in a particular habitat.

KEEP THIS IN MIND

An ADAPTATION is the structure of behavior that helps an organism or

animals survive in its environment.
Animals have body structures that help them adapt to water.
FISHES are covered with scales for protection from diseases and from other
animals that live in water. The scales are smooth and slimy, arranged
overlapping from head to tail so as the water slips smoothly as it moves
forward. Fishes have gills for breathing underwater and fins for swimming.
SHIRMP and LOBSTERS are covered with outside skeleton or exoskeleton
while other animals like CLAMS and MUSSELS are covered with shells.
Animals have body structures that help them adapt to land. Some animals
are covered with FUR to keep them warm. Others are covered with
FEATHERS for flying. Some have smooth skin for breathing like worms. Body
coverings of animals are mostly for protection.
Animals have body parts like legs for walking to those animals that live on
land and wings for animals that fly in the air.
Land or terrestrial animals or animals that live on land have lungs for
breathing. Some animals use their paws (cat), claws (lions), mouthparts like
beaks (birds) and teeth for eating. Other animals use their sticky tongue
(frogs), movable jaws (snake) and sucking tubes (proboscis for mosquito).
Animals with the same mouth parts eat the same kind of food. Animals with
flat teeth like carabao, horse, and cows eat grass or plants. Animals with
sharp pointed teeth like dog, lion and tiger eat meat and some animals eat
both plants and meat.
CAMOUFLAGE – a protective coloration in animals. This adaptation allows
some animals to blend with their surroundings.
Other animals imitate the shape, smell, taste, color and even sound of other
animals. This behavior is called MIMICRY.
Most insects secrete chemicals that they use to protect themselves from
other animals like squid, wasps and snake.
Other animals protect their own kinds. Monkeys, elephants and penguins
travel in groups. They scatter themselves to look for food but they do not go
far from each other and stay in hearing distance only. Then danger is on
place, they group together to protect one another.
Animals like turtles, crabs, snails and oysters have protective shell coverings.
When they sense danger, they keep their bodies inside their shells.
HABITAT – is an ecological or environmental area that is inhabited by a
particular species of animals, plants or organism. It is where animals and
plants live.
Animals that live on land move in different ways. Some animals that live on
land walk, hop, run or jump. Others fly and crawl.
Most animals that live in water swim but some aquatic animals have legs
too. Crustaceans like shrimps, crabs and prawns walk because they have
legs. Others crawl like those with shell covering.
 POPULATION – refers to the total number of animals in a particular habitat
or community. Animals in their community depend on the habitat available
in that particular community.
Some of the habitats of the animals are pond, grassland and sea.
• On grassy land – cows, goats, horses.
• In a pond – ducks, geese, swans, frogs
• In the sea – fishes, crabs
The body structure of animals for adaptation play a very important role in
choosing animals to raise in a particular habitat.

Directions: Match Column A with its use in Column B. Write your answers in the
space provided.
Column A Column B

_______1. scales a. an outside covering used

by shrimps and lobsters
_______2. shells b. protection against disease
and from other animals
________3. exoskeleton c. covering of clams and
mussels
________4. fins d. used for breathing
underwater
________5. gills e. used for swimming
________6. fur f. covering of animals to keep them warm

________7. feather g. covering of animals that is used for flying

________8. smooth skin h. used for breathing
________9. legs i. used for walking
________10. wings j. used for flying
Directions: Group the following animals according to their habitat. Write them in
the proper column.

Directions: Write the body parts of the following animals which they use in getting
food. Choose your answer from the box below.

Animals Body Parts for Food Getting

1.
2.

3.

4.

5.

A. Read each word below. Write W if the word tells about adaptive structure of
animals living in water and L, if it is an adaptive structures of animals living on
land.
_____1. gills and fins
_____2. fur
_____3. feather
_____4. legs
_____5. wings

B. Directions: Choose the body part used for getting and eating of the given
animals. Encircle the letter of the correct answer.
1. chicken
a. paws b. beak c. feather d. cockscomb
2. cow
a. claws b. paws c. teeth d. beaks
3. bird
a. teeth b. beak c. feather d. cockscomb
4. iguana
a. feet b. sticky tongue c. movable jaws d. claws
5. cat
a. paws b. sucking tube c. movable jaws d. beaks
6. bees
a. paws b. sucking tube c. beaks d. movable jaws
7. goat
a. claws b. paws c. teeth d. beaks
8. lizard
a. sticky tongue b. movable jaws c. paws d. teeth
9. mosquito
a. sucking tubes b. sticky tongue c. teeth d. beaks
10. horse
a. claws b. paws c. teeth d. beak

A. Directions: How does each animal below protect itself? Check the correct
column that correspond your answer.

1. jelly fish
2. tiger
3. snail
4. chameleon
5. monkey
6. zebra
7. ostrich
8. mussel
9. octopus
10. wolves

A. Directions: How does the following animals move in their habitat? Write your
answers in the space provided.

1. salamander- _________________________________
2. prawn- _________________________________
3. toad- _________________________________
 4. grasshopper- _________________________________
5. turkey- _________________________________
6. tilapia- _________________________________
7. pig- _________________________________
8. blue whale- _________________________________
9. owl- _________________________________
10.king cobra- _________________________________

B. Directions: Write their habitat as to land or water and their protective

structures.

11. cattle

12. elephant

13. hyena

14. lobster

15. clam

Directions: Copy the table on your notebook. Group the animals below as to
which habitat they may be raised. It can be grassy land, in a pond or in the sea.
Directions: Read each question carefully. Encircle the letter of the correct
answer.

1. Which group of animals are found on water habitat?

a. tadpole, grasshopper, hawk
b. dolphin, carabao, hawk
c. horse, goat, monkey
d. fish, squid, crab
2. Why can fish live in water?
I. They have a mouth that can drink much water
II. They have tail that helps them swim.
III. They can open their eyes under the water.
IV. They have gills that helps them breath in water.

a. I and II b. II and IV c. II and III d. I and IV

3. What characteristic do land animals have?

a. legs for walking c. fins for swimming
b. wings for flying d. gills for breathing
4. How frogs, snakes and grasshoppers protected from their prey?
a. They play dead.
b. They blend color with their environment.
c. They mimic the shape, smell, and sound of their prey.
d. They secrete a poisonous substance.
5. What makes a cat feel warm?

a b c d
 6. The structure or behavior that helps an organism survive in its
environment.
a. adaptation c. communication
b. camouflage d. mimicry
7. Which of the following group of animals moves in the same
way?
a. dog, fish, frog c. bird, butterfly, mosquito
b. snakes, turtle, duck d. monkey, rabbit, horse
8. Animals used their legs to move from place to place. How do cows,
carabaos, horses and goats use their hooves?
a. to keep them warm
b. help them move in water
c. help them walk even on hard rocks
d. for chewing grass and leaves
9. An animal has big hind legs. Which of the following movement can it do?

a. flying b. hopping c. running d. walking

10. Mang Tino lives in a mountainous area? He is planning to put up a business.

Which of the following may he do?
a. piggery b. poultry c. fishery d. cattle raising