Snakes shed their skin as they grow to allow their skin to grow larger with their bodies. Without shedding, their skin would stretch too much. In winter, snakes find shelter in holes, burrows, caves or logs to hibernate dormant and inactive until temperatures warm again. The document also discusses elephant weights up to 5,500 kg for African bush elephants and how a chicken could not likely survive on Mars without genetically altered plants due to the hostile soil and lack of sufficient food and fresh water.

1. Animal adaptations
Blooms taxonomy

2. Remembering:How heavy can an
elephant get?
 Elephants come in all different sizes and species. There are between 26 and
12 million years ago. Now there are only 3 species left. The Asian elephant,
African bush elephant and the African forest elephant.
 Asian elephant: 2,700 kg
 African forest elephant: 2,700 kg
 African bush elephant: 5,500 kg

3. Analysing: If Mars had oxygen could a
chicken survive?
Unlike Earth, Martian dirt is very hostile towards plant life. Unless we can
genetically alter plants to grow upon the red planets soil. The chicken could eat
plants, but food would be extremely scarce. How about water? Water is supposed
to be fresh when it is drunk. It is like us drinking salt water. What happens to
us? We get sick right. But no one would be able to help it.

4. Understanding : Why do snakes shed
their skin?
 A snake sheds its skin because snakes skin
doesn’t grow when its body grows so they
need to shed skin to grow a bigger sized
skin. If a snake doesn’t shed skin its skin
will stretch.

5. Applying: What will happen to a snake in winter?
 Snakes and many other reptiles find shelter in holes or burrows, and spend
the winter inactive, or dormant. This is similar to hibernation.
 Snakes crawl into caves, hollow logs, or other animal's burrows to hibernate.
Sometimes there will be as many as a hundred snakes in one cave.

6. Create: