Why do frogs say "ribbit"?

Why do frogs say "ribbit"?

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What do you think that sound was?

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Do you ever hear any sounds at night where you live? What are they?

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Why do you think the frogs were making so much noise at night?

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How could you figure out which kinds of frogs there were in a pond, without catching them?

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If you wanted to compare the frogs in two different ponds to find out which pond had more frogs, what could you do?

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habitat


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the place where an animal or plant lives
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lake


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a large area of water with land all around it
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pond


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an area of still water, larger than a puddle, but smaller than a lake
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swamp


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a habitat covered in water and filled with many trees
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rainforest


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a habitat that is usually warm and gets lots of rain
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amphibian


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a type of animal that spends part of its life in water and part on land, such as frogs and toads
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species


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one specific kind of living thing
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identify


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to figure out what or who something is
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compare


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to notice what is similar and what is different between things
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communicate


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to give and get information
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vibrate


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to move back and forth quickly
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This lesson is a case study in biodiversity using the frogs of North America. In the activity, Who's Calling?, students learn to identify frogs by their unique calls and investigate which of two locations has a greater variety of frogs. After listening to recordings of frog calls, students create words that will remind them of the sounds, and then use those words to identify frog sounds in different environments.

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