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Worksheet Studio Practice pack · Ages 4-6
Animal facts Take your time. Show your thinking.
1. What is the hard outer skeleton of a crab or beetle called: an exoskeleton or a backbone?
What is the hard outer ske… · Animal facts
2. Which bird is the fastest-running land bird and cannot fly: the ostrich or the swallow?
Which bird is the fastest-… · Animal facts
3. Which sea creature has eight arms lined with suckers: an octopus or a shark?
Which sea creature has eig… · Animal facts
4. Which animal spins a web: a spider or a rabbit?
Which animal spins a web a… · Animal facts
5. Which animal has a trunk: an elephant or a lion?
Which animal has a trunk a… · Animal facts
6. Which insect pollinates flowers and makes honey in a hive: a honeybee or a dragonfly?
Which insect pollinates fl… · Animal facts
7. Which animal hibernates through cold winters: a hedgehog or a flamingo?
Which animal hibernates th… · Animal facts
8. Which social insects live in colonies with a queen and build underground mounds or nests: ants or grasshoppers?
Which social insects live … · Animal facts
9. Which animal carries its young in a pouch: a kangaroo or a zebra?
Which animal carries its y… · Animal facts
10. How many legs does an adult insect (such as an ant or bee) have: 6 or 8?
6 · 8 · Animal facts
11. Which organ do fish use to take in dissolved oxygen from water: gills or lungs?
Which organ do fish use to… · 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 62 · 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. What is the hard outer skeleton of a crab or beetle called: an exoskeleton or a backbone?
Exoskeleton Invertebrates like crabs and beetles have a protective external exoskeleton.
2. 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.
3. Which sea creature has eight arms lined with suckers: an octopus or a shark?
Octopus An octopus is a cephalopod mollusc with eight arms.
4. Which animal spins a web: a spider or a rabbit?
Spider Many spiders spin webs using silk.
5. Which animal has a trunk: an elephant or a lion?
Elephant An elephant’s trunk is an elongated nose and upper lip.
6. 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.
7. Which animal hibernates through cold winters: a hedgehog or a flamingo?
Hedgehog Hedgehogs lower their body temperature and hibernate during winter.
8. 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.
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. 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).
11. 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.
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 62 · Age guidance, not curriculum certification
Worksheet Studio Practice pack · Ages 4-6
Animal facts Take your time. Show your thinking.
1. What is the hard outer skeleton of a crab or beetle called: an exoskeleton or a backbone?
What is the hard outer ske… · Animal facts
2. Which bird is the fastest-running land bird and cannot fly: the ostrich or the swallow?
Which bird is the fastest-… · Animal facts
3. Which sea creature has eight arms lined with suckers: an octopus or a shark?
Which sea creature has eig… · Animal facts
4. Which animal spins a web: a spider or a rabbit?
Which animal spins a web a… · Animal facts
5. Which animal has a trunk: an elephant or a lion?
Which animal has a trunk a… · Animal facts
6. Which insect pollinates flowers and makes honey in a hive: a honeybee or a dragonfly?
Which insect pollinates fl… · Animal facts
7. Which animal hibernates through cold winters: a hedgehog or a flamingo?
Which animal hibernates th… · Animal facts
8. Which social insects live in colonies with a queen and build underground mounds or nests: ants or grasshoppers?
Which social insects live … · Animal facts
9. Which animal carries its young in a pouch: a kangaroo or a zebra?
Which animal carries its y… · Animal facts
10. How many legs does an adult insect (such as an ant or bee) have: 6 or 8?
6 · 8 · Animal facts
11. Which organ do fish use to take in dissolved oxygen from water: gills or lungs?
Which organ do fish use to… · 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 62 · Age guidance, not curriculum certification
Worksheet Studio Answer key · Ages 4-6
Animal facts Answers and reasoning. Review before teaching.
1. What is the hard outer skeleton of a crab or beetle called: an exoskeleton or a backbone?
Exoskeleton Invertebrates like crabs and beetles have a protective external exoskeleton.
2. 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.
3. Which sea creature has eight arms lined with suckers: an octopus or a shark?
Octopus An octopus is a cephalopod mollusc with eight arms.
4. Which animal spins a web: a spider or a rabbit?
Spider Many spiders spin webs using silk.
5. Which animal has a trunk: an elephant or a lion?
Elephant An elephant’s trunk is an elongated nose and upper lip.
6. 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.
7. Which animal hibernates through cold winters: a hedgehog or a flamingo?
Hedgehog Hedgehogs lower their body temperature and hibernate during winter.
8. 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.
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. 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).
11. 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.
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 62 · Age guidance, not curriculum certification
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