CHEETAH The Fastest of the Fast By HT

CHEETAH The Fastest of the Fast By: HT

INTRODUCTION Do you like cheetahs? If you do you should check out this awesome power point.

PHYSICAL FEATURES v Cheetahs v Short are tan with black spots hair v 30 inches tall v Weighs between 100 and 140 pounds v There face is like a normal dogs face v Small, pointy ears v Short, stubish nose

TIME TO DROP SOME KNOWLEDGE Cheetahs can also be called the felidae Ø Cheetahs can run 70 mile per hour Ø Cheetahs are the fastest land animals on earth Ø Cheetahs can run so fast there lungs and heart need to be very big Ø

LIFE SPAN They live from 15 to 27 years in the wild They live 15 to 20 years in captivity They are endangered

HABITAT Cheetahs live in… ü Semi-desert regions ü Grassland & plains ü Bushland ü African plains

CLIMATE v v African plains and semi - desert regions can be 120 Fahrenheit Bush land grass land plains are below 0 to 20 Celsius

LAND FORMS Cheetahs live in areas with lots of trees They pounce on their pray from the trees Cheetahs live in flat lands They like flat lands because they can catch as much speed as they need to get their prey

FOOD q Cheetahs are carnivores q They eat meat q They like to pounce on their prey q Cheetahs are not cold blooded

PREY AND PREDATORS v v Hyenas , lions and leopards eat cheetahs Cheetahs eat small animals like gazelles Cheetahs use their speed to catch their prey Cheetahs don’t have a problem catching their prey

BEHAVIOR 100) 101) 102) 103) 104) 105) They use speed to catch prey They run to get away from their predators They play fight with their babies to teach them to fight They sit in trees (really high up) so they can protect themselves. They can sit low in the grass so that they can pounce on their prey. They sprint from 500 feet away from the prey and when they catch their prey they bite their neck and shake their prey to kill it.

BABIES Baby cheetahs are 7 to 10 ounces They are 9 inches long from nose to base of tail They play fight to know what a real fight is like same with catching food

PHYSICAL ADAPTATION They adapt to their habitat by having dirty blonde hair with black spots so their hair can be like the color of the grass. Cheetahs lay in the grass with their special hair so the prey does not see them. They have small ears so they can use them to hear their prey They have long legs to run fast. They have a long tail to help them keep balance in trees

PHYSIOLOGICAL Cheetahs have sharp teeth to bite in to prey Cheetahs have 1 – 2 inch nails to stab in to its prey Cheetahs have big hearts so they can run very fast for a SHORT DISTANCE

FUN FACTS • Cheetahs can run more than one mile in 45 seconds Cheetahs can run as fast as a ford pick up truck Cheetahs can run 70 miles per hour for 900 feet It takes 3 gun shots to kill a cheetah