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Year 3 Science Quiz - Classificiation

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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

a)

Families

b)

Types

c)

Classification

d)

Featuring

2.

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

a)

Number of legs

b)

Type of covering (fur, feathers, scales etc)

c)

Lives in a burrow

d)

Has a tail

3.

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

a)

Has four paws

b)

Has two ears on either side of its head

c)

Has live babies

d)

Is covered in fur

4.

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

a)

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

b)

Their hair might fall out

c)

It might be a black and white photo

d)

You might be looking at them in the dark

5.

What feature do Axolotls and Sharks have in common?

a)

They both have legs

b)

They both have large, sharp teeth

c)

They're baby lizards

d)

They both have gills

6.

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

a)

They have long necks in comparison to their body

b)

They breathe air

c)

They have four legs

d)

They are covered in fur

7.

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

a)

They have bad tempers

b)

They have long beaks

c)

They can't fly

d)

They are different colours

8.

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

a)

A zebra

b)

A chicken

c)

A tortoise

d)

A whale

9.

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

a)

Human

b)

Duck

c)

Snail

d)

Chimpanzee

10.

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

a)

Growing up

b)

Cocoon

c)

Transformation

d)

Metamorphisis