Year 3 Science Quiz - Classificiation

What word do we use to group animals together based on observable features?

• Families

• Types

• Classification

• Featuring

Which of these is NOT an observable feature of an animal?

• Number of legs

• Type of covering (fur, feathers, scales etc)

• Lives in a burrow

• Has a tail

Select the an observable feature of a most dogs (there is more than one correct answer)

• Has four paws

• Has two ears on either side of its head

• Has live babies

• Is covered in fur

Why is fur/hair/feather/skin colour an unreliable feature to use to classify animals?

• It can be different for animals of the same species (ie, cats can have different coloured fur and still be cats)

• Their hair might fall out

• It might be a black and white photo

• You might be looking at them in the dark

What feature do Axolotls and Sharks have in common?

• They both have legs

• They both have large, sharp teeth

• They're baby lizards

• They both have gills

Which of these features would help a scientist to recognise the difference between a giraffe and a tortoise?

• They have long necks in comparison to their body

• They breathe air

• They have four legs

• They are covered in fur

Which are penguins and ostriches a bit different to most other birds?

• They have bad tempers

• They have long beaks

• They can't fly

• They are different colours

Which animal could we put in the same group as a horse, based on one of its observable features?

• A zebra

• A chicken

• A tortoise

• A whale

Which of these creatures is an invertebrate (does not have a backbone)?

• Human

• Duck

• Snail

• Chimpanzee

What is the technical name for the process that some caterpillars go through, which leads to them becoming a butterfly?

• Growing up

• Cocoon

• Transformation

• Metamorphisis