Animal camouflage online exercise - Free Printable

Let's solve Activity 1 from the worksheet titled *"Lesson 2: Animal Camouflage"*.

We are given two images and need to:

1. Name the animal.
2. Describe its color.
3. Explain why it’s hard to see — by identifying what it blends in with (the background).

We can choose words from the word bank:

| green | brown | spider | sand |
|-------|-------|--------|------|
| frog | crocodile | white | water |
| brown | sand | snake | leaf |

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🔹 Image 1:

- The image shows a cat-like animal (likely a leopard or jaguar) with greenish eyes, blending into a green, leafy background.
- The animal is green in color? Actually, this animal appears brown or gray, but it's surrounded by green leaves, so the background is green.

Wait — let's re-evaluate. This might be a frog or lizard?

But looking closely: It has yellow eyes, and the body seems dark, but it's camouflaged among green leaves.

Actually, upon closer inspection — this could be a frog that is green in color, blending into green leaves.

But wait — the animal's eyes are yellow, and the rest of the body is dark green or brown.

Let’s go back to the word bank.

The available animals are:
- frog
- crocodile
- spider
- snake

And colors:
- green
- brown
- white
- sand

Backgrounds:
- leaf
- sand
- water

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✔ Image 1:

- The animal is a frog.
- It is green in color.
- The leaf is green too.

So the sentence becomes:

> There's a frog.
> It is green in color
> and the leaf is green too.

✔ That makes sense — frogs are often green and blend in with leaves.

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🔹 Image 2:

- This shows a spider on a white or light-colored surface.
- The spider is light-colored, almost white or beige.
- The background looks like sand or rock, which is also light-colored.

Looking at the word bank:
- The animal is a spider
- It is white in color
- The sand is white too

So the sentence becomes:

> There's a spider.
> It is white in color
> and the sand is white too.

✔ Perfect — this matches the camouflage concept.

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✔ Final Answers:

#### Image 1:
> There's a frog.
> It is green in color
> and the leaf is green too.

#### Image 2:
> There's a spider.
> It is white in color
> and the sand is white too.

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🌿 Explanation:

This activity teaches animal camouflage — how animals blend into their surroundings to avoid predators or to sneak up on prey.
- The frog is green to match the leaves.
- The spider is white to match the sand.

These adaptations help them survive in nature.

✔️ Correct answers selected from the word bank.