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Timothy J. Bradley

Teacher Created Materials

5301 Oceanus Drive

Huntington Beach, CA 92649-1030

http://www.tcmpub.com

ISBN 978-1-4333-4823-5

2013 Teacher Created Materials, Inc.

Consultants

Timothy Rasinski, Ph.D.

Kent State University

Lori Oczkus

Literacy Consultant

Tejdeep Kochhar

High School Biology Teacher

Based on writing from

TIME For Kids. TIME For Kids and the TIME

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Table of

Contents

Cities in Nature ................

Insect Cities ....................

Mammal Cities ................

Miniature Cities ...............

A Wild World .................

Glossary ......................

Index ........................

Bibliography .................. 46

More to Explore ...............

About the Author ..............

Cities in

Nature

Meerkats live in groups.

A city is a place where many people live

together. Cities have everything humans

need for work, play, and survival. And cities

can be very fun places to live.

Humans arent the only animals that build

cities. Some animals live in large groups that

are like human cities. Animals that live together

can watch out for one another. They can sound a

warning when there is danger. Its easier to find

food and care for babies when theres help.

In cozy rabbit warrens , busy beehives, and

action-packed anthills , animals live together.

The world is full of wild cities.

New York City is the largest human

city in America. Over million

people live there.

In what ways do you think animal

communities are like human cities?

What do you think are the advantages

of living in a city?

How can we learn from the way

animals build their cities?

Thousands of ants live in

and below one anthill.

Insect

Cities

Some insects live together in groups.

Thousands of ants share a single anthill.

Hundreds of hornets may live in one nest.

Together, they can find food. In large

numbers, they can defend the colony

against attacks.

Insects that live together are eusocial .

Eusocial insects evolved to build complex cities.

The ancestors of these insects that lived alone

died easily. Those that worked together lived

longer. For ants, wasps, and termites, living

together means survival.

bees covering their hive

Friendly Fliers

Only about two percent of insects are eusocial.

But the populations of these insects are very

large. These insects make up the majority of all

insects.

ants

wasps

bees

termites

An insect is a type of

arthropod . Insects

have an exoskeleton ,

segmented body, and

jointed legs. Their

bodies are divided

into three parts: head,

thorax, and abdomen.

They have wings and

three pairs of legs.

legs

abdomen

thorax

head

wings

exoskeleton

Insect Basics

By climbing on each other, ants work together

to form a bridge between two leaves.

Inside the Hive

Honeybees build cities in the form

of hives. A beehive is where bees make

honey and raise their young. Worker bees

fly away from the hive to look for flowers and

gather pollen and nectar. They bring the pollen

and nectar back to the hive. That is where nectar

is made into honey. The bee larvae eat the honey.

Worker bees do a dance to tell other bees where to

find the flowers.

The honeycombs inside the hive are made up of

six-sided cells . Bees eat the honey. They change the

sugar into wax. The bees chew the flakes of wax until

they soften. Then the bees use the wax to build more

cells in the hive.

a bee collecting nectar

Building

Without a Plan

Instincts are actions that animals

are born knowing how to perform.

Instincts tell an animal to hunt.

Instincts tell an animal to find a

mate. Instincts drive tiny insects

to work together to build a large

home for themselves.

an enormous termite mound

Some types of bees live

alone. These solitary

bees do not live as

long as bees that live

in groups.

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