Animals - Habitats, Classifying and Adaptations

Animals can be classified by their physical characteristics. How could the animals below be classified into the same group?

• They are insects, they all have legs

• They are reptiles, they all have scales

• They are mammals, they all have fur

• They are birds, they all have wings

Which animal is NOT an insect?

• Dog

• Beetle

• Fly

• Ladybug

Animals that breathe through gills can be classified as what?

• Reptiles

• Birds

• Fish

• Mammals

What animal group begins life in the water breathing through gills and lives its adult life on land breathing ?

• Mammals

• Insects

• Birds

• Amphibians

Identify the body part that helps an eagle grab its prey?

• Wings

• Claws

• Eyes

• Feathers

Deer have very large ears. How is having large ears related to helping protect the deer?

• The deer can hear and run away from large animals.

• The deer sprays the predator from its tail.

• The deer screams at the predator with its voice.

• The deer hits the predator with its hands.

All animals must have their needs met in their environment. What would happen if an animal’s needs were not being met?

• It could stay in the environment.

• It could move to a new environment.

• It could cook its own food in its environment.

• It could move in with a human.

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All living things go through birth and stages of growing. These stages are called the __________.

• Rock cycle

• Bicycle

• Life cycle

• Water cycle

There are two ways an animal can be born. Which 2 facts would you select to support the 2 ways animals can be born?

• They can live in the water or live in a house.

• They can be born from a mother or hatch from an egg.

• They can be born from a mother or swim in the ocean.

• They can hatch from an egg or be bought at the store.

The change a butterfly goes through in its life cycle is called?

• Meconium

• Proboscis

• Metamorphosis

• Chrysalis