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Animal body parts and the jobs they do

1st grade (Year 2 in England) · 16 questions · Common Core: NGSS.1-LS1-1 · England: KS1 Y1 Animals, including humans

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Question 1
Which body part helps an animal feel its way in the dark?
- A. a cat's whiskers
- B. a butterfly's long tongue (proboscis)
- C. a porcupine's quills
- D. a bird's beak
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Question 2
Why do fish have fins and a tail?
- A. to breathe air
- B. to see in the dark
- C. to keep warm
- D. to swim and steer in water
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Question 3
What job does this body part do: a tortoise's shell?
- A. to pick up and eat food
- B. to protect its soft body
- C. to keep enemies away
- D. to feel its way in the dark
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Question 4
Which body part helps an animal keep enemies away?
- A. an eagle's sharp claws (talons)
- B. an elephant's trunk
- C. a porcupine's quills
- D. a fish's gills
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Question 5
A parrot has a short, strong, hooked beak. What is it good for?
- A. catching fish underwater
- B. cracking open nuts and seeds
- C. sipping nectar
- D. digging tunnels
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Question 6
What job does this body part do: a bird's beak?
- A. to grip and carry prey
- B. to sip nectar from flowers
- C. to keep enemies away
- D. to pick up and eat food
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Question 7
Which body part helps an animal sip nectar from flowers?
- A. an elephant's trunk
- B. a cat's whiskers
- C. a porcupine's quills
- D. a butterfly's long tongue (proboscis)
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Question 8
A mole has big, spade-like front paws. Where does it probably live?
- A. on ice
- B. high in trees
- C. in tunnels underground
- D. in the open sea
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Question 9
What job does this body part do: a butterfly's long tongue (proboscis)?
- A. to paddle through water
- B. to sip nectar from flowers
- C. to pick up and eat food
- D. to feel its way in the dark
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Question 10
Which body part helps an animal paddle through water?
- A. a porcupine's quills
- B. a duck's webbed feet
- C. an eagle's sharp claws (talons)
- D. a cat's whiskers
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Question 11
Why do fish have fins and a tail?
- A. to swim and steer in water
- B. to breathe air
- C. to see in the dark
- D. to keep warm
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Question 12
What job does this body part do: a fish's gills?
- A. to breathe underwater
- B. to sip nectar from flowers
- C. to pick up and eat food
- D. to grip and carry prey
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Question 13
Which body part helps an animal feel its way in the dark?
- A. a cat's whiskers
- B. a fish's gills
- C. a tortoise's shell
- D. a bird's beak
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Question 14
A mole has big, spade-like front paws. Where does it probably live?
- A. on ice
- B. in tunnels underground
- C. in the open sea
- D. high in trees
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Question 15
What job does this body part do: a porcupine's quills?
- A. to grab food and suck up water
- B. to paddle through water
- C. to breathe underwater
- D. to keep enemies away
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Question 16
Which body part helps an animal pick up and eat food?
- A. a tortoise's shell
- B. a cat's whiskers
- C. a porcupine's quills
- D. a bird's beak

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