UNIT 1
ANIMALS
OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS. Choose the correct answers. 1
P The external features of a cat are shown above. What is P ? A B C D 2
Tail Leg Claw Whiskers
Which of the following animals has the same type of body covering as a rabbit? A B C D
Tortoise Crocodile Lion Fish
3 A
B
D C
the 4
The picture above shows the external features of a bird. Which is beak? Which of the following is grouped correctly?
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Has wings bird butterfly cat fly
A B C D
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Has two legs earthworm chicken cow tortoise
Which of the following sentences tells you that a butterfly , chicken and bird are the same? A B C D
They They They They
have have have have
two legs. scales on their body. feathers on their body. wings.
6 Which of the following observations about the animals below is correct? Give birth A B C D
Eagles Ducks Bats Cockroaches
X V V X
Have wings V X V V
Have feathers V V V V
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How are the above animals alike? A B C D
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They They They They
both eat animals. are covered with fur. have four legs. are covered with feathers.
Which of the following is true about the tiger?
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It has wings. It has two legs. Its body is covered with fur. It can swim.
Which of the following animals cannot fly? A
C
B
D
A snake and a fish are similar because both A B C D
live in water are small in size are covered with scales have long tails
P
Q
11 R
S
Which of the above animals have the same type of body covering? A B 12
P and R P and S
C D
Q and R Q, R and S
Animals that fly always have
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A B C D
fins wings feathers fur
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In what ways are the two animals similar? I II III
They have wings. They have more than one pair of legs. Their body is covered with feathers.
A B C D
I and II I and III II and III I, II and III
14 Which of the following statements about external features of animals is not true? A B C D
All birds have beaks. A cow’s body is covered with fur. Butterflies have no legs. All fish can swim.
15 Suzana saw an animal in the zoo. She describes the animal as below:
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• • •
covered with fur eats other animals has two pair of legs that ends in claws
What do you think this animal is? A B C D 16
Horse Tiger Elephant Orang-utan
Which of the following animals are able to move without legs? I II III
Earthworm Snail Millipede
A B C D
I and II I and III II and III I, II and III
17 Group X Horse Rabbit Kangaroo
Group Y Snail Turtle Crab
Group Z Duck Parrot Ostrich
The above animals are grouped according to A B C D
the way they move their body covering their eating habits the place they live
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Which of the following statements is true about all the above animals? A B C D
They They They They
can live both on land and in water. eat plants only. give birth to their young. have long tails.
19 The table below shows how some animals are grouped according to their eating habits. Which animals are correctly grouped? Eats plants A B C D
20 the
Caterpillar Rabbit Bat Monkey
Eats other animals Wolf Bear Mosquito Fly
Eats plants & other animals Mouse Turtle Lizard sparrow
Ahmad found an animal in his garden. He gave a description of animal. • • •
It has a pair of leg It has a pair of wings It has a beak
What do you think the animal is? A Bat B Fly C Sparrow D Ant
SUBJECTIVE QUESTIONS
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Answer all the questions. A Put the following animals into the correct groups according to their body covering.
bear
crocodile
dog
duck
wolf chicken Fur
goldfish
snake
bird
Feathers
Scales
B
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1 Write down two ways in which these animals are similar. (a) ____________________________________________ (b) ____________________________________________ 2 Write down two ways in which these animals are different. (a) ____________________________________________ (b) ____________________________________________ C Match the external parts of the cat below by putting the correct number in the boxes.
1
Whiskers
2
Ear
3 Tail
4
Leg
5 Claw
D Study the statements below carefully. Tick (√) the correct statement and cross out (X) those that are incorrect . 1
Flies have six legs.
(
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Not all fish can swim.
(
)
3
Mosquitoes have wings.
(
4
Both earthworms and snakes cannot move because
(
) ) they have no legs. 5
Both crocodiles and tigers eat other animals.
(
)
E Write down the correct body covering for each of the animals below.
(a)
(b)
F Animals
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Group P
Group Q
Group R
Giraffe Rabbit Horse Goat
Lion Eagle Snake Frog
Bear Duck Cockroach Goose
How are the animals grouped? The animals are grouped based on ______________________
2
In which group would you place the leopard? ______________________
3
What other similarities can you give for the animals in Group
P ? Give
two similarities.
(a)
______________________________________________
(b)
______________________________________________
G Match the animals in column A with their characteristics in column B. Group A 1
Fly
2
Deer
3
Milliped e
4 5
Ostrich Snake
Group B (a )
It is covered with scales.
(b )
It has wings
(c ) (d )
It has horns. It has many legs. It is covered with feathers.
(e ) H
Answer the following questions based on the table given below.
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Animals
Gives birth
Zebra
L ays egg s
√ √
Crocodile
√
Crow
√ √
Goldfish
Body covering Feather Scales s
Has wings
Has a beak
Has a tail
√
Pigeon
Bear
Fur
√ √
√
√
√ √
√ √
√
√
√
√ √
√
√
√
1 Write down two ways in which pigeon and crocodiles are similar. (a)
___________________________________
(b)
___________________________________
2 What are the differences between a zebra and a crow? (a)
__________________________________________
(b)
__________________________________________
3 Name two other animals that have the same body covering as a goldfish.? (a)
_______________
(b)
_______________
4 Name an animal that has the same external features as an ostrich. ______________________________________________________
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