WorksheetsYear 3 Science Quiz - Classificiation
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
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
