This document provides information about how and why animals move. It explains that animals move to find food and water or escape predators. It then describes the different ways animals move, such as flying, swimming, running, walking, jumping, crawling, slithering, and hopping. It also discusses what different types of animals eat and the habitats where animals live.

1. Grade 2
Environmental studies

2. Chapter 12
Animals around us

5. Why do animals move?
 Animals move from place to place.
* In search of food & water.
* To escape from their enemies.

7. Animals move in different ways.
* Fly
* Swim
* Run
* Walk
* Jump
* Crawl
* Slither
* Hop

8. fly
* Birds, bats and insects fly with the help
of wings.

9. swim
* Fish swim with the help of fins.
* Turtles have flippers that help them swim.

10. Run, walk & jump
* Most animals move on legs that help them run,
walk and jump. ( Cheetah is the fastest animal)
* Birds walk on two legs.

11. crawl
* Insects have six legs that help them
crawl.

12. slither
* Snakes and earthworms do not have legs.
* They slither with the help of their bodies.

13. hop

15. Plant eating animals
They eat grass, leaves, fruits and seeds.

16. Flesh eating animals
They eat the flesh of other animals.

17. Both plants and flesh eating animals
They eat both plants and the flesh of other
animals.

19. habitat
The place where an animal lives is called
its habitat.
* Water
* Both water & land
* Trees & land
* Trees
* Underground
* Live in or near water