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Animal facts Explore a curated set of animal facts through questions about features, habitats and animal groups. Review suitability for your learners before teaching.
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Worksheet Studio Practice pack · Ages 10-12
Animal facts Take your time. Show your thinking.
1. Which bird is the fastest-running land bird and cannot fly: the ostrich or the swallow?
Which bird is the fastest-… · Animal facts
2. What do we call animals that are active mainly at night (such as owls and bats): nocturnal or diurnal?
What do we call animals th… · Animal facts
3. Which group of vertebrates has feathers and lays hard-shelled eggs: birds or amphibians?
Which group of vertebrates… · Animal facts
4. Which social insects live in colonies with a queen and build underground mounds or nests: ants or grasshoppers?
Which social insects live … · Animal facts
5. Which animal carries its young in a pouch: a kangaroo or a zebra?
Which animal carries its y… · Animal facts
6. Which animal hibernates through cold winters: a hedgehog or a flamingo?
Which animal hibernates th… · Animal facts
7. Which sea creature has eight arms lined with suckers: an octopus or a shark?
Which sea creature has eig… · Animal facts
8. Which organ do fish use to take in dissolved oxygen from water: gills or lungs?
Which organ do fish use to… · Animal facts
9. Which tall African mammal has the longest neck of any living land animal: a giraffe or a rhino?
Which tall African mammal … · Animal facts
10. What do herbivorous animals primarily eat: plants or meat?
What do herbivorous animal… · Animal facts
11. Which largest living animal on Earth is a filter-feeding marine mammal: the blue whale or the great white shark?
Which largest living anima… · Animal facts
12. What do we call animals that eat both plants and other animals: omnivores or herbivores?
What do we call animals th… · Animal facts
12 questions · Seed 104730 · Age guidance, not curriculum certification
View the answer key Worksheet Studio Answer key · Ages 10-12
Animal facts Answers and reasoning. Review before teaching.
1. Which bird is the fastest-running land bird and cannot fly: the ostrich or the swallow?
Ostrich The ostrich is a flightless bird capable of sprinting at over 65 km/h.
2. What do we call animals that are active mainly at night (such as owls and bats): nocturnal or diurnal?
Nocturnal Nocturnal animals rest by day and hunt or forage at night.
3. Which group of vertebrates has feathers and lays hard-shelled eggs: birds or amphibians?
Birds Only birds possess feathers.
4. Which social insects live in colonies with a queen and build underground mounds or nests: ants or grasshoppers?
Ants Ants are eusocial insects that live in organised colonies.
5. Which animal carries its young in a pouch: a kangaroo or a zebra?
Kangaroo Kangaroos are marsupials that raise their joeys in a pouch.
6. Which animal hibernates through cold winters: a hedgehog or a flamingo?
Hedgehog Hedgehogs lower their body temperature and hibernate during winter.
7. Which sea creature has eight arms lined with suckers: an octopus or a shark?
Octopus An octopus is a cephalopod mollusc with eight arms.
8. Which organ do fish use to take in dissolved oxygen from water: gills or lungs?
Gills Water flows over feather-like gills where oxygen is absorbed.
9. Which tall African mammal has the longest neck of any living land animal: a giraffe or a rhino?
Giraffe Giraffes use their long necks to browse high tree foliage.
10. What do herbivorous animals primarily eat: plants or meat?
Plants Herbivores are adapted to feed on plant material.
11. Which largest living animal on Earth is a filter-feeding marine mammal: the blue whale or the great white shark?
Blue whale The blue whale is the largest animal known to have lived on Earth.
12. What do we call animals that eat both plants and other animals: omnivores or herbivores?
Omnivores Omnivores have a mixed diet of both plant and animal matter.
12 questions · Seed 104730 · Age guidance, not curriculum certification
Worksheet Studio Practice pack · Ages 10-12
Animal facts Take your time. Show your thinking.
1. Which bird is the fastest-running land bird and cannot fly: the ostrich or the swallow?
Which bird is the fastest-… · Animal facts
2. What do we call animals that are active mainly at night (such as owls and bats): nocturnal or diurnal?
What do we call animals th… · Animal facts
3. Which group of vertebrates has feathers and lays hard-shelled eggs: birds or amphibians?
Which group of vertebrates… · Animal facts
4. Which social insects live in colonies with a queen and build underground mounds or nests: ants or grasshoppers?
Which social insects live … · Animal facts
5. Which animal carries its young in a pouch: a kangaroo or a zebra?
Which animal carries its y… · Animal facts
6. Which animal hibernates through cold winters: a hedgehog or a flamingo?
Which animal hibernates th… · Animal facts
7. Which sea creature has eight arms lined with suckers: an octopus or a shark?
Which sea creature has eig… · Animal facts
8. Which organ do fish use to take in dissolved oxygen from water: gills or lungs?
Which organ do fish use to… · Animal facts
9. Which tall African mammal has the longest neck of any living land animal: a giraffe or a rhino?
Which tall African mammal … · Animal facts
10. What do herbivorous animals primarily eat: plants or meat?
What do herbivorous animal… · Animal facts
11. Which largest living animal on Earth is a filter-feeding marine mammal: the blue whale or the great white shark?
Which largest living anima… · Animal facts
12. What do we call animals that eat both plants and other animals: omnivores or herbivores?
What do we call animals th… · Animal facts
12 questions · Seed 104730 · Age guidance, not curriculum certification
Worksheet Studio Answer key · Ages 10-12
Animal facts Answers and reasoning. Review before teaching.
1. Which bird is the fastest-running land bird and cannot fly: the ostrich or the swallow?
Ostrich The ostrich is a flightless bird capable of sprinting at over 65 km/h.
2. What do we call animals that are active mainly at night (such as owls and bats): nocturnal or diurnal?
Nocturnal Nocturnal animals rest by day and hunt or forage at night.
3. Which group of vertebrates has feathers and lays hard-shelled eggs: birds or amphibians?
Birds Only birds possess feathers.
4. Which social insects live in colonies with a queen and build underground mounds or nests: ants or grasshoppers?
Ants Ants are eusocial insects that live in organised colonies.
5. Which animal carries its young in a pouch: a kangaroo or a zebra?
Kangaroo Kangaroos are marsupials that raise their joeys in a pouch.
6. Which animal hibernates through cold winters: a hedgehog or a flamingo?
Hedgehog Hedgehogs lower their body temperature and hibernate during winter.
7. Which sea creature has eight arms lined with suckers: an octopus or a shark?
Octopus An octopus is a cephalopod mollusc with eight arms.
8. Which organ do fish use to take in dissolved oxygen from water: gills or lungs?
Gills Water flows over feather-like gills where oxygen is absorbed.
9. Which tall African mammal has the longest neck of any living land animal: a giraffe or a rhino?
Giraffe Giraffes use their long necks to browse high tree foliage.
10. What do herbivorous animals primarily eat: plants or meat?
Plants Herbivores are adapted to feed on plant material.
11. Which largest living animal on Earth is a filter-feeding marine mammal: the blue whale or the great white shark?
Blue whale The blue whale is the largest animal known to have lived on Earth.
12. What do we call animals that eat both plants and other animals: omnivores or herbivores?
Omnivores Omnivores have a mixed diet of both plant and animal matter.
12 questions · Seed 104730 · Age guidance, not curriculum certification
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