Hibernation

1.What is hibernation?

deep sleep during the winter

  1. What animals hibernate

bears

dormice

turtles

3.Why do animals hibernate?

hard to find food in the winter

to survive the winter

  1. How do animals get ready to hibernate?

store food

store up fat

live off their fat all winter

eat a lot of food when it's warm

  1. What happens during hibernation?

heartbeat gets slower

body temperature drops

breathe slowly

save energy

  1. Why do animals stop hibernating?

the weather gets warm

animals start coming out

people make prediction about the weather

lots of plants and food to eat.