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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 insect pollinates flowers and makes honey in a hive: a honeybee or a dragonfly?
Which insect pollinates fl… · Animal facts
2. Which animal starts life as a tadpole: a frog or a butterfly?
Which animal starts life a… · Animal facts
3. How many legs does an adult insect (such as an ant or bee) have: 6 or 8?
6 · 8 · Animal facts
4. What do we call animals that eat both plants and other animals: omnivores or herbivores?
What do we call animals th… · Animal facts
5. Which tall African mammal has the longest neck of any living land animal: a giraffe or a rhino?
Which tall African mammal … · Animal facts
6. Which group do whales belong to: mammals or fish?
Which group do whales belo… · Animal facts
7. Which group of vertebrates has feathers and lays hard-shelled eggs: birds or amphibians?
Which group of vertebrates… · Animal facts
8. What do amphibians such as frogs have covering their bodies: moist smooth skin, or dry feathers?
What do amphibians such as… · Animal facts
9. Which marine reptile returns to sandy beaches to lay its eggs: a sea turtle or a manta ray?
Which marine reptile retur… · Animal facts
10. Which sea creature has eight arms lined with suckers: an octopus or a shark?
Which sea creature has eig… · 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 are active mainly at night (such as owls and bats): nocturnal or diurnal?
What do we call animals th… · Animal facts
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Animal facts Answers and reasoning. Review before teaching.
1. Which insect pollinates flowers and makes honey in a hive: a honeybee or a dragonfly?
Honeybee Honeybees collect floral nectar and convert it into honey.
2. Which animal starts life as a tadpole: a frog or a butterfly?
Frog A tadpole develops into an adult frog through metamorphosis.
3. How many legs does an adult insect (such as an ant or bee) have: 6 or 8?
6 All adult insects have three pairs of legs (6 legs in total).
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. Which group do whales belong to: mammals or fish?
Mammals Whales breathe air with lungs and feed their young milk.
7. Which group of vertebrates has feathers and lays hard-shelled eggs: birds or amphibians?
Birds Only birds possess feathers.
8. What do amphibians such as frogs have covering their bodies: moist smooth skin, or dry feathers?
Moist smooth skin Amphibians have permeable moist skin that aids gas exchange.
9. Which marine reptile returns to sandy beaches to lay its eggs: a sea turtle or a manta ray?
Sea turtle Female sea turtles crawl ashore to dig nests in the sand.
10. Which sea creature has eight arms lined with suckers: an octopus or a shark?
Octopus An octopus is a cephalopod mollusc with eight arms.
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 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.
12 questions · Seed 50 · Age guidance, not curriculum certification
Worksheet Studio Practice pack · Ages 10-12
Animal facts Take your time. Show your thinking.
1. Which insect pollinates flowers and makes honey in a hive: a honeybee or a dragonfly?
Which insect pollinates fl… · Animal facts
2. Which animal starts life as a tadpole: a frog or a butterfly?
Which animal starts life a… · Animal facts
3. How many legs does an adult insect (such as an ant or bee) have: 6 or 8?
6 · 8 · Animal facts
4. What do we call animals that eat both plants and other animals: omnivores or herbivores?
What do we call animals th… · Animal facts
5. Which tall African mammal has the longest neck of any living land animal: a giraffe or a rhino?
Which tall African mammal … · Animal facts
6. Which group do whales belong to: mammals or fish?
Which group do whales belo… · Animal facts
7. Which group of vertebrates has feathers and lays hard-shelled eggs: birds or amphibians?
Which group of vertebrates… · Animal facts
8. What do amphibians such as frogs have covering their bodies: moist smooth skin, or dry feathers?
What do amphibians such as… · Animal facts
9. Which marine reptile returns to sandy beaches to lay its eggs: a sea turtle or a manta ray?
Which marine reptile retur… · Animal facts
10. Which sea creature has eight arms lined with suckers: an octopus or a shark?
Which sea creature has eig… · 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 are active mainly at night (such as owls and bats): nocturnal or diurnal?
What do we call animals th… · Animal facts
12 questions · Seed 50 · Age guidance, not curriculum certification
Worksheet Studio Answer key · Ages 10-12
Animal facts Answers and reasoning. Review before teaching.
1. Which insect pollinates flowers and makes honey in a hive: a honeybee or a dragonfly?
Honeybee Honeybees collect floral nectar and convert it into honey.
2. Which animal starts life as a tadpole: a frog or a butterfly?
Frog A tadpole develops into an adult frog through metamorphosis.
3. How many legs does an adult insect (such as an ant or bee) have: 6 or 8?
6 All adult insects have three pairs of legs (6 legs in total).
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. Which group do whales belong to: mammals or fish?
Mammals Whales breathe air with lungs and feed their young milk.
7. Which group of vertebrates has feathers and lays hard-shelled eggs: birds or amphibians?
Birds Only birds possess feathers.
8. What do amphibians such as frogs have covering their bodies: moist smooth skin, or dry feathers?
Moist smooth skin Amphibians have permeable moist skin that aids gas exchange.
9. Which marine reptile returns to sandy beaches to lay its eggs: a sea turtle or a manta ray?
Sea turtle Female sea turtles crawl ashore to dig nests in the sand.
10. Which sea creature has eight arms lined with suckers: an octopus or a shark?
Octopus An octopus is a cephalopod mollusc with eight arms.
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 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.
12 questions · Seed 50 · Age guidance, not curriculum certification
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