Seasonal long-distance movement guided by magnetic, celestial and olfactory cues.
Cues include day length, temperature, magnetic fields and star patterns. Fuel is stored as fat. Examples: Arctic terns fly about 70,000 km per year; wildebeest follow rains; salmon return to natal streams using smell.
Migration increases survival and breeding success. It carries risks. Climate change alters timing.
Key idea: migration follows resource availability.
Seasonal long-distance movement guided by magnetic, celestial and olfactory cues.
Animal Migration is one of the 53 topics in Zoology & Animal Diversity. It is rated Intermediate, so it suits learners who already know the core vocabulary. Related topics in this area include Animal Cognition, Animal Excretion, Animal Camouflage and Mimicry.
Monarch butterflies take several generations to complete their round trip.
Work through the Beginner topics in Zoology & Animal Diversity first, such as Animal Kingdom, Vertebrates and Invertebrates, Sponges, then return to Animal Migration. Intermediate topics assume the Beginner vocabulary.
The closest topics to Animal Migration are Animal Cognition, Animal Excretion, Animal Camouflage and Mimicry, Life History Strategies. Comparing them side by side is a good way to see how the ideas connect.
Read the summary and the in-depth section, then use the quick check on the interactive lesson for Animal Migration. To practise the whole of Zoology & Animal Diversity, use the Zoology & Animal Diversity quiz.
Animal Migration: Seasonal long-distance movement guided by magnetic, celestial and olfactory cues. Animal Cognition: Studies tool use, memory and problem solving in species like crows, primates and cetaceans. Read both side by side and note what each one explains.
First, read the summary and write the definition in your own words. Second, read the in-depth section and note any example. Third, compare it with Animal Cognition and explain the difference aloud. Finally, take the Zoology & Animal Diversity quiz and come back to this page for any question you miss.
Studies tool use, memory and problem solving in species like crows, primates and cetaceans.
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