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ketevan.burdzenidzeAll About Spring
Spring is one of the four seasons. It begins after winter. It starts in March and
ends in June. There are more hours of daylight and fewer hours of darkness as
the season goes on. The weather in spring gets warmer but can be unpredictable.
It is often a mixture of sunny and rainy days.
Spring is the season when people move their clocks forward one hour. This
happens during March and the time after the clocks have moved forward is
actually called ‘British summer time’.
Signs of Spring Fun Fact
Spring is a season of many changes as How can you tell the difference
the natural world begins to awaken after between frogspawn and toadspawn?
the cold winter months come to an end. Frogspawn is laid in clumps but
toadspawn is laid in long chains.
Animals
Many animals emerge from hibernation
during spring. Animals, such as
Spring is an exciting time of the year for
hedgehogs, bats, dormice, grass snakes,
many birdwatchers as this is when some
frogs and toads all hibernate during the
migrant birds return to the UK. There
winter. Hibernation is not a long sleep. It
are many species of birds that migrate
is a state like a deep sleep when animals
to the UK during spring. You might see
slow down their breathing and heart rate
swallows, swifts or house martins. These
to save energy.
birds migrate from Africa. The journey
from Africa is over 5000 miles long.
A hedgehog’s heart rate can
Swallows can fly up to 200 miles a day
slow from approximately 190 beats per but it still takes them more than a month
minute to just 20 beats per minute. to get here!
Animals become more active during spring
as more food becomes available for them
to eat. This is also the time of year when
many animals start to reproduce. Birds
begin to build their nests ready for their
eggs and frogs and toads begin to spawn swallow swift
in ponds.
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All About Spring
Plants Insects
Spring is a time of new growth. Dormant There is an increase in the number of insects
plants and trees begin to sprout new buds in spring too. During the winter months,
and shoots. New seedlings begin to grow as they become inactive and their growth
the soil warms and the first flowers of the and development are paused. This is called
year begin to bloom. Snowdrops are one of diapause. They emerge from this state as
the earliest flowers that you might see. Other the temperature increases in spring.
spring flowers include crocuses, daffodils,
primroses, bluebells and tulips. Many spring Insects are important as they play a crucial
flowers grow from bulbs, including daffodils, role in pollination. This is when pollen is
bluebells and tulips. moved from one flowering plant to another.
Then, a new seed is formed.
tulips
bluebells cowslip
snowdrops crocuses Glossary
dormant: Not active or growing but able
to become active or grow in the future.
migrant bird: A bird that moves from one
daffodils
place to another according to the season.
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Questions
All About Spring
1. Look at the first paragraph. Which of the following is not a fact about spring? Tick one
○Spring starts in March.
○Spring begins after winter.
○Spring ends in June.
○Spring begins after autumn.
2. Look at this sentence. Underline the word which means ‘when something can’t be predicted
because it changes a lot’.
The weather in spring gets warmer but can be unpredictable.
3. Look at the section called Insects.
Find and copy the word which describes the period of inactivity of an insect during the
winter months.
4. Fill in the missing words.
Spring is a time of new growth. plants and trees begin to sprout new
buds and shoots. New seedlings begin to grow as the soil warms and the first flowers of
the year begin to .
5. Which are the earliest flowers that you might see in spring?
6. Which part of spring do you think is the most interesting? Explain your answer.
7. Discuss some of the differences between winter and spring.
8. What do you think would happen if winter temperatures continued until May?
