Ice cream

cone

An ice cream

cone is nice to

eat on a hot

summer day.

Intertidal zone

The intertidal zone

is where the sea

meets the land, the

area between high

tide and low tide.

kelp

Kelp is brown seaweed

that grows in cold

water.

kite

You can fly a kite

on windy days.

net

A net is used to catch

things.

popsicle

A popsicles is a

sweet, frozen

treat on a stick. habitats that are rich

in life.

sand

Sand is a loose material

composed of fine

debris of rock and

mineral particles.

sandals

S andals are open

shoes worn in warm

weather.

sandcastle

A sandcastle is a small

castle made of damp

sand.

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coral reef

Coral reefs are warm,

clear, shallow ocean

life.

fishing rod

for sleeping or

reef

Reefs are warm,

clear, shallow ocean

sea

sand dollar

Sand Dollars are

coin-shaped

spiny-skinned

sea bed animals

that have 5-part

radial symmetry.

A sea is a large

body of salt water

that is connected to Sea gull is the common

an ocean. A sea may name for some birds

be partly or

completely

surrounded by land.

seaweed

Seaweed is a plant

that lives in the sea.

shell

Some animals grow a

shell for protection.

Sun

starfish

Starfish (also

known as sea

stars) are

animals that live

on the ocean

floor.

trash can

A trash can

holds garbage.

The Sun is a

medium-sized

yellow star in our

Solar System. We

get our light and

most of our energy

from the Sun.

wave

There are waves of

water in the ocean.

swim

When you swim, you

move around in the

water.

whelk

Whelks are ocean

swim fins

People wear swim

fins on their feet to

help them swim.

towel

You can dry things

with a towel.

animals with a hard,

spiral shell.

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sea gull

that live near oceans

and lakes.

Bird-Related Words

albatross

The albatross is

web-footed bird

that can fly for

a long period of

time.

Arctic tern

The Arctic tern is a

small bird that flies

from the Arctic to the

Antarctic and back

again each year.

beak

bald eagle A beak is the hard,

The bald eagle is a outer part of a some

large bird of prey. It animal's mouth. Birds,

is the symbol of the octopi, squid, and

USA. other animals have

beaks. Some dinosaurs

had them too.

biped

A biped is an animal

that walks on two legs.

People and birds are

bipeds. Tyrannosaurus

rex was a biped.

bird

Birds have

feathers and

wings. Most

birds can fly.

blackbird

Blackbirds are black!

bluebird

The bluebird is a

beautiful song bird

that is the symbol of

many of the states in

the USA.

blue jay

The blue jay is a

beautiful, noisy blue

bird.

bones

Bones are hard,

structural parts of the

body of many animals,

including birds.

cage

Some people

keep birds in

cages.

Canada goose

The Canada goose is

a large North

American bird that

honks.

cardinal carnivore

Carnivores are

is a bird with a short, organisms that eat

wide bill. The male is meat. Many birds, like

bright red; the female eagles, are carnivores.

is brownish-red.

cassowary

A huge, chick

A chick is a baby

from Australia chicken. Some other

baby birds are also

called chicks.

head.

chicken

A chicken is a farm

animal.

claw

A claw is a hard,

sharp, curved nail on

the feet of some

animals. Bears, cats,

birds, dinosaurs, and

many other animals

have claws.

cockatoo

Cockatoos are birds

that have a large,

feathery crest and a

hooked bill. They are

from Australia and

Indonesia.

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canary

Canaries sing very The Northern Cardinal

well.

flightless bird

with a helmet-

like crest on its

crane

The crane is a

wading bird with

a long neck, a

long bill, and long

legs.

crow

A crow is a very

smart black bird.

cuckoo

Cuckoos are birds whose call

sounds like coo-coo.

dodo

The dodo is an

The dove is a bird

bird that lived on that is a symbol

of peace.

Indian Ocean

near Africa.

duck

Ducks are birds

that have webbed

feet and a

flattened bill.

They swim well

and live near the

water.

duckling

A duckling is a

young duck.

eagle

The eagle is a large bird of prey.

It has a hooked bill and sharp

talons.

egret

The egret is a

large wading

bird.

emperor

penguin

The emperor

penguin is the

largest penguin; it

lives on ice packs

in Antarctica.

endangered

emu species

The emu is a large Endangered species

Australian bird are types of

that cannot fly. animals or plants

that may become

extinct soon. Many

birds species are

endangered.

extinct

When a group of animals or

plants goes extinct, they are

gone forever. Some extinct

animals include dinosaurs,

saber-toothed cats, and dodo

birds.

feather

Birds have

feathers.

flamingo

The flamingo is a

pink bird that eats

shrimp.

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dove

extinct, flightless

an island in the

fly

The fly is a small,

flying insect.

food web

The food web (or

food chain) is all of

the interactions

goldfish

A goldfish is a type of carp that

makes a nice pet.

goose

Geese are

migrating birds

that honk!

gosling

A gosling is a

baby goose

between predators

and prey in which

plants and animals

obtain food.

habitat

The great horned

owl is a large bird

of prey from

North and South

groundhog

rodent that is also

gull

Gulls are birds that live near

oceans and lakes.

guppy

Guppies are a

type of small

tropical fish.

A habitat is the

natural place

where a plant or

an animal lives.

For example, a

toucan's habitat is

the rainforest.

America.

hummingbird

harpy eagle

The harpy eagle is

one of the largest

eagles in the

world. It lives in

rainforests of

Central America

and South

hawk

The hawk is a bird A hen is a female chicken. Hens

of prey, a raptor.

heron

A large wading

bird with

distinctive

plumage and a

long, sharp bill.

Hummingbirds

are tiny birds that

drink flower

nectar. They can

hover in the air

and even fly

backwards.

America.

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great horned The groundhog is a

owl

called the

woodchuck.

hen

lay eggs.

kiwi

jay

Jays are beautiful,

noisy birds.

junco

This junco is a

small songbird

from North

America.

kakapo

The kakapo is a large, flightless,

nocturnal, solitary parrot from

New Zealand.

The kiwi is a

chicken-sized

flightless bird

from New

Zealand. It is

generally

nocturnal (most

kookaburra

The kookaburra

is an Australian

bird whose call

sounds like

laughing.

active at night).

macaroni

penguin

The macaroni

penguin is a

penguin from the macaw

Antarctic that has Macaws are parrots

a yellow, feathery from rainforests in

crest on its head. the Americas.

mallard

The Mallard is a common wild The meadowlark

duck.

colored songbird

that lives in

meadows and

grasslands.

nest

moa

The moa were

huge, extinct,

flightless birds

from New

Zealand.

nocturnal

mockingbird nene

The mockingbird The nene is

is a North Hawaii's state bird.

American bird It is an endangered

that can mimic the goose that lives on

songs of many volcanic slopes.

Some animals, like birds, make

nests to hold their young - even

some dinosaurs built nests for

their eggs.

nightingale

The nightingale is

a bird that sings

beautiful songs.

Nocturnal

animals are more

active at night.

Owls are

nocturnal birds.

other birds.

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meadowlark

is a brightly-

owl

nuthatch

The nuthatch is a

small perching

bird that can

climb down trees

and opens nuts

oriole

The oriole is a

black and orange

bird that eats fruit

and nectar. It builds

a hanging nest.

oropendola

The crested oropendola is a

tropical black bird that makes

long, pendulous nests.

ostrich

The ostrich is the

largest bird. It

can't fly, but it

runs very fast.

Owls are birds of

prey that have

large eyes and

very good

eyesight. Most

owls hunt at

night.

using its bill like a

hatchet.

parrot

The parrot is a

peacock

The peacock is a

beautiful bird from

peregrine

falcon

beautiful bird that india. The male has

can imitate a large train of

sounds very well. feathers.

pelican

The pelican is fish-eating bird

with a huge, pouched bill.

penguin

Penguins are

birds that cannot

fly but swim very

well.

The peregrine

falcon is the

fastest-flying

bird. It prey upon

other birds.

pets

Pets are animals

that live with us,

like parrots and

canaries.

pigeon

A quail is a

pigeons in cities. The prairie chicken is a bird that The puffin is an bird; it spends a

lives in grasslands of North

America.

robin

quetzal

The quetzal is a

beautiful rain

forest bird with

very long tail

feathers.

rainbow lorikeet

A small, colorful,

brush-tongued

parrot from

Australia.

rhea

The rhea is a large, flightless

bird from South America.

The robin is a

roadrunner common bird

The roadrunner is with red-colored

a bird is a fast feathers on its

running bird that breast.

rarely flies.

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quail

puffin

There are a lot of prairie chicken

Arctic sea bird.

lot of time on

the ground.

sea gull

The sea gull is the

common name for

The rockhopper some birds that live The snow goose is a migratory

penguin is a

small, aggressive,

crested bird that

cannot fly.

tern

snowy owl

The snowy owl is sparrow

a white owl that The sparrow is a

lives in the North small, common

American tundra songbird.

(a cold, snowy

environment).

spotted owl swan

The spotted owl is Swans are long-

an owl from the necked water birds.

Pacific coast of

North America.

Terns are birds that are

sometimes called "sea

swallows."

toucan

The toucan is a

rainforest bird

turkey

Turkeys are

large birds that

nest on the

ground.

that has a big,

colorful beak.

umbrellabird

The Umbrellabird

is a rain forest

bird with a large

tuft of feathers on