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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 4-6
Animal facts Take your time. Show your thinking.
1. Which animal has a trunk: an elephant or a lion?
Which animal has a trunk a… · Animal facts
2. Which social insects live in colonies with a queen and build underground mounds or nests: ants or grasshoppers?
Which social insects live … · 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 reptile can change its skin colour for camouflage and signalling: a chameleon or a tortoise?
Which reptile can change i… · Animal facts
5. What do amphibians such as frogs have covering their bodies: moist smooth skin, or dry feathers?
What do amphibians such as… · Animal facts
6. What do we call animals that eat both plants and other animals: omnivores or herbivores?
What do we call animals th… · Animal facts
7. 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
8. How many legs does an adult insect (such as an ant or bee) have: 6 or 8?
6 · 8 · Animal facts
9. Which animal carries its young in a pouch: a kangaroo or a zebra?
Which animal carries its y… · Animal facts
10. What do herbivorous animals primarily eat: plants or meat?
What do herbivorous animal… · Animal facts
11. Which group do whales belong to: mammals or fish?
Which group do whales belo… · Animal facts
12. Which sea creature has eight arms lined with suckers: an octopus or a shark?
Which sea creature has eig… · Animal facts
12 questions · Seed 104744 · Age guidance, not curriculum certification
View the answer key Worksheet Studio Answer key · Ages 4-6
Animal facts Answers and reasoning. Review before teaching.
1. Which animal has a trunk: an elephant or a lion?
Elephant An elephant’s trunk is an elongated nose and upper lip.
2. 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.
3. Which group of vertebrates has feathers and lays hard-shelled eggs: birds or amphibians?
Birds Only birds possess feathers.
4. Which reptile can change its skin colour for camouflage and signalling: a chameleon or a tortoise?
Chameleon Chameleons shift skin pigments and nanocrystals to change colour.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. 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).
9. Which animal carries its young in a pouch: a kangaroo or a zebra?
Kangaroo Kangaroos are marsupials that raise their joeys in a pouch.
10. What do herbivorous animals primarily eat: plants or meat?
Plants Herbivores are adapted to feed on plant material.
11. Which group do whales belong to: mammals or fish?
Mammals Whales breathe air with lungs and feed their young milk.
12. Which sea creature has eight arms lined with suckers: an octopus or a shark?
Octopus An octopus is a cephalopod mollusc with eight arms.
12 questions · Seed 104744 · Age guidance, not curriculum certification
Worksheet Studio Practice pack · Ages 4-6
Animal facts Take your time. Show your thinking.
1. Which animal has a trunk: an elephant or a lion?
Which animal has a trunk a… · Animal facts
2. Which social insects live in colonies with a queen and build underground mounds or nests: ants or grasshoppers?
Which social insects live … · 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 reptile can change its skin colour for camouflage and signalling: a chameleon or a tortoise?
Which reptile can change i… · Animal facts
5. What do amphibians such as frogs have covering their bodies: moist smooth skin, or dry feathers?
What do amphibians such as… · Animal facts
6. What do we call animals that eat both plants and other animals: omnivores or herbivores?
What do we call animals th… · Animal facts
7. 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
8. How many legs does an adult insect (such as an ant or bee) have: 6 or 8?
6 · 8 · Animal facts
9. Which animal carries its young in a pouch: a kangaroo or a zebra?
Which animal carries its y… · Animal facts
10. What do herbivorous animals primarily eat: plants or meat?
What do herbivorous animal… · Animal facts
11. Which group do whales belong to: mammals or fish?
Which group do whales belo… · Animal facts
12. Which sea creature has eight arms lined with suckers: an octopus or a shark?
Which sea creature has eig… · Animal facts
12 questions · Seed 104744 · Age guidance, not curriculum certification
Worksheet Studio Answer key · Ages 4-6
Animal facts Answers and reasoning. Review before teaching.
1. Which animal has a trunk: an elephant or a lion?
Elephant An elephant’s trunk is an elongated nose and upper lip.
2. 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.
3. Which group of vertebrates has feathers and lays hard-shelled eggs: birds or amphibians?
Birds Only birds possess feathers.
4. Which reptile can change its skin colour for camouflage and signalling: a chameleon or a tortoise?
Chameleon Chameleons shift skin pigments and nanocrystals to change colour.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. 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).
9. Which animal carries its young in a pouch: a kangaroo or a zebra?
Kangaroo Kangaroos are marsupials that raise their joeys in a pouch.
10. What do herbivorous animals primarily eat: plants or meat?
Plants Herbivores are adapted to feed on plant material.
11. Which group do whales belong to: mammals or fish?
Mammals Whales breathe air with lungs and feed their young milk.
12. Which sea creature has eight arms lined with suckers: an octopus or a shark?
Octopus An octopus is a cephalopod mollusc with eight arms.
12 questions · Seed 104744 · Age guidance, not curriculum certification
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