Animals in the Qur’aan

Educational Activity Pack

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 Life Cycle of a Frog

Female frogs lay hundreds or thousands of eggs in water or wet places.

These eggs are called frog spawn and are like little balls of grey jelly, each
with a black speck in the middle. These eggs slowly start to develop but only some
of them will grow into adults. Fish, ducks, insects, and other creatures will eat the
eggs.

After 21 days the embryo leaves its jelly shell and attaches itself to a weed or
grasses in the water. It then becomes a tadpole and starts to swim around using
its tail. As the tadpole grows it begins to develop lungs that replace the gills so that
it can breathe air. The froglet, as it is now called, starts to grow and its tail shrinks.
Front legs start to appear and its eyes and mouth grow larger. Once the tail has
completely disappeared the froglet turns into a frog. It can then jump out of the
water. This frog will mostly live on the land and feed on insects and worms. It will
then find a mate and the whole process will begin again.

A vertebrate that starts its life in water and grows up to develop lungs and legs for
its life on land is called an amphibian.

Questions

1) Draw the life cycle of a frog in the boxes below:

2) Where does a female frog lay her eggs?

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3) What do the frog spawn hatch into?

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4) How do tadpoles breathe?
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5) Where are you most likely to find more frog eggs?

a) In a pond with lots of fish

b) In a pond with very few fish

Explain your answer.

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6) Are adult frogs omnivores, carnivores or herbivores? Explain your answer.

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7) Write down two similarities between an amphibian and a reptile.

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8) Write down two differences between an amphibian and a reptile.

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9) A herpetologist is someone who studies amphibians and reptiles.

Would you like to be a herpetologist? Do you think it would be an interesting job?
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 Life Cycle of a Frog ~ Missing Words

Read the sentences below and fill in the missing

words from the word bank.

1. The female frog can lay hundreds or _________________ of eggs in the

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2. The eggs hatch into tiny _________________.

3. A tadpole uses its _________________ to swim until it grows and sprouts

legs.

4. A tadpole is black and it has _________________ at the side of its head.

5. As the tadpole grows it begins to develop _________________ that replace

the gills so that it can breathe _________________.

6. The _________________, as it is now called, starts to grow and its tail

shrinks.

7. Front _________________ start to appear and its eyes and mouth grow
larger.

8. Once the tail has completely disappeared the froglet turns into a
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9. It can then jump out of the water and live on the _________________.

10. A vertebrate that starts its life in water and grows up to develop lungs and legs
for its life on land is called an _________________.

water froglet air frog

legs lungs thousands tail

land gills tadpoles amphibian

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 Fascinating Frog Facts
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Green Frog
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 Frog vs. Toad
What's the first thing you think of when you see or hear the words frog and toad? Loud
"ribbits" or "croaking" calls? Tadpoles swimming in a pond? Long-legged jumpers?

Well, frogs and toads do make loud vocal sounds. And most do begin as tadpoles (though
there are a few species that give birth to live young). However, only the true frog is a
long-legged jumper. True toads have much shorter back legs that work better for walking
or tiny hops.

Toads are actually a type of frog but with some important differences. First, however, let's
list some of the other ways frogs and toads are the same:

1. Both are amphibians. They begin their lives in water, hatching from jelly-like eggs into
tadpoles. Then, while living in the water the tadpoles go through a series of body changes
called metamorphosis. The end result is a frog or toad.

2. Both are ecto-thermic or "cold-blooded". This doesn't mean their blood is always cold. It
means that their body temperatures are similar to their surroundings.

3. Unlike fish and reptiles, neither frogs nor toads have scales. They both have water-tight
skin.

4. The adult forms of both animals have no tails. Both begin their lives as tadpoles with
tails for swimming, but the tails disappear as they grow into adulthood.

5. Both have long sticky tongues that can flick out fast to catch bugs. They also eat other
wiggly and juicy things like worms and slugs. Depending on the size and species they
might also eat tiny fish and other small animals. Both usually swallow their food whole.

While both frogs and toads may look similar to the average person, those with animal
knowledge and a careful eye for observation can easily spot the differences.

1. Adult toads live mostly on land while frogs go back and forth from land to water.

2. Toads have much dryer and bumpier skin. Frogs usually have a moist, smooth skin that
needs water to keep from drying out.

3. Toads usually have plumper bodies than frogs. Frogs tend to be thinner, allowing them
to glide quickly through the water.

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4. Frogs have webbed feet whereas a toad's foot has separated toes. The frog's webbed feet,
along with their longer legs, make them much better swimmers.

5. Frogs usually lay eggs in clusters and toads usually lay eggs in chains.

6. Most species of toads do not have teeth. Frogs have tiny teeth in their upper jaws.

7. Toads have a special parotid gland filled with poison located behind each eye. When an enemy
attacks a toad, it protects itself by squirting the poison. While most species of toads are not
harmful to humans, they can hurt pets and other small animals. Frogs do not have poison
glands behind their eyes, but a few types of frogs can ooze a poison onto their skin to keep away
predators.

Next time you see a four-legged amphibian swimming through the water or hopping across your
garden, take a closer look to determine if it is a frog or a toad.

Use the information you have read to complete the Venn diagram

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 Frog vs. Toad Crossword

Across Down
3. Frogs have these on their upper 1. A word meaning cold-blooded
jaws. 2. Type of feet found on a frog
4. When they hatch from eggs, 5. Vertebrate group to which frogs
frogs and toads begin their lives and toads belong
as... 6. Fish and reptiles have these
7. Adult toads spend most of their covering their bodies. (Frogs and
time on... toads do not have these on their
8. A toad has this in its parotid bodies.)
gland.

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 Frogs Colouring Page

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 Frog Anatomy
Use the word bank to help you label the parts of the frog and
then colour the picture

Word Bank
eye
parotid gland
cheek pouch
throat sac
Research
tympanum How do frogs croak?
dorsal fold
finger pad Why do frogs croak?
fore leg
webbing Do both male and female
hind leg frogs croak?
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 The Frog
Arabic Handwriting Practise

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 The Frog
In the Qur’aan

The Frog is mentioned in Surah al-A’raaf (The Heights) in the story of

Prophet Moosa, alayhi salaam. Allah sent Prophet Moosa to Fir’awn in
Egypt to call Fir’awn (Pharaoh) and his people to abandon their idols
and to worship Allah alone.

But Allah tells us in the Qur’aan that the people of Fir’awn were
arrogant and rebellious criminals who rejected Moosa’s message.

‫َو َو مُل وا َو ْه َو ا َو ْأ ِت َو ا ِت ِت ا ِت ْه ا آ َو ٍة ا ِتم َو ْه َو َو َو ا ِت َو ا َو َو ا َو ْه ُل ا َو َو ا ِت ُل ْه ِت ِت َوا‬

And they said, "No matter what sign you bring us with which to bewitch us, we
will not be believers in you."

[Surah al-A’raaf 7:132]

And so Allah sent upon them plagues to punish them. One of the
plagues sent upon the people of Fir’awn was frogs. There were so
many frogs that when a person would sit in their chair to rest they
would find frogs piling upon them until they reached up to their chin.
And they could not even open their mouth except that a frog would
hop inside!

ُّ ‫َو َ ْهر َوسلْه َو اعَولَو ْه ِتْي ُلم‬

‫اومط َو َونا َو ومْه َوج َو ودَوا َو ومْه ُلق َّ َولا َو ومضَّ َوف ِتدعَوا َو ودلَّ َوما آ َوَي ٍةتا ُّ َوف َّص َوَل ٍةتا‬
‫َو ْهس َوت ْهك َو ُلَب وا َو َوَكنُل وا َو ْه ً ا ُّ ْهج ِت ِت َو ا‬
So We sent upon them the flood and locusts and lice and frogs and blood as
distinct signs, but they were arrogant and were a criminal people.

[Surah al-A’raaf 7:133]

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 Surah al-A’raaf 7:133
Arabic Reading Practise

‫ْه‬ ‫َو‬ ُّ ‫َو‬ ‫ْه‬

‫َو َ ْهر َوسل َو اعَول ِتْي ُلماومط َونا َو وم َوج َو و َواد‬
‫ْه‬
“wal-jarada” “l-tufana” “alayhimu” “fa-arsalna”
and the locusts the flood upon them So We sent

َّ ‫َو ومْه ُلق َّ َولا َو‬

‫ومض َوف ِتد َوعا َو َّودل َوما‬
“wal-dama” “wal-dafadi’a” “wal-qumala”
and the blood and the frogs and the lice

‫آ َوَي ٍةتا ُّ َوف َّص َوَل ٍةتا‬

“mufassalatin” “ayaatin”
distinct (as) signs

‫َوا‬ ‫َو ْهس َوت ْهك َو ُلَب وا َو َوَكن ُل وا َو ْه ً ا ُّ ْهج ِت ِت‬

“muj’rimina” “qawman” “wa kanu” “fa-is’takabaru”
criminal a people and they but they
were showed
arrogance

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 Help the Frog catch the Damselfly

Research
What do frogs eat?

Research
How do frogs catch
their prey?

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 Leap Frog Maths
Fill in the missing numbers in the pattern

5 15 30

8 16 20

14 28 49

12 24
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 Leap Frog Maths
Fill in the missing numbers in the pattern

5 20 80

75 60 15

6 12 96

88 55 44
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 Frog Vocabulary
Write a definition for each word on the lily pads

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amphibian __________________
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metamorphosis
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spawn __________________
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hibernate __________________
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