Practice using it’s and its correctly as you learn about the incredible structures animals build to keep safe.
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1. Home: ______ a place that’s important to all kinds of creatures, not just humans. A home keeps an animal safe, protecting it (and ______ babies) from predators, the weather, and other threats.
2. A spittlebug builds ______ home from bubbles of air and pee. This moist, foamy home will protect ______ tiny body from drying out.
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3. Inside this mini log cabin is a bagworm moth caterpillar. This bug glues bits of plants onto ______ body to make a cozy little home. The caterpillar brings ______ home along wherever ______ going to hide from hungry birds!
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4. This may look like a pile of sticks, but ______ actually a beaver’s home! Beavers build underwater entrances to their homes so that predators can’t get inside.
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5. Some weaverbirds work together to build a nest that can be bigger than a car. ______ divided into tunnels and rooms like an apartment building. The birds live close to each other. ______ a way to keep everyone warm on cold winter nights!
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6. Millions of cathedral termites live beneath this 10-foot-tall tower of hardened mud, spit, and poop. ______ believed that these mounds can bring cool air to the insects’ huge underground nests.
7. A deep-sea creature known as the giant larvacean lives in what scientists call a “snot palace.” The animal is smaller than a cupcake, but ______ snot home can grow to be up to a yard across. The snot is sticky, so ______ perfect to collect bits of food in the water.
This article was originally published in the December 2021 / January 2022 issue.
