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Animal coverings

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
Why does a polar bear have thick fur?
- A. to look bigger
- B. to stay warm in the freezing Arctic
- C. to stay cool in the desert
- D. to swim faster
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Question 2
What covers the body of this animal: salmon?
- A. smooth, damp skin
- B. scales
- C. a hard shell
- D. fur or hair
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Question 3
Which animal is covered in scales?
- A. frog
- B. snake
- C. fox
- D. rabbit
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Question 4
Why must a frog stay near water?
- A. Its feathers get dirty.
- B. It has no legs.
- C. It is scared of grass.
- D. Its thin skin dries out easily and must stay damp.
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Question 5
What covers the body of this animal: rabbit?
- A. smooth, damp skin
- B. feathers
- C. fur or hair
- D. scales
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Question 6
Which animal is covered in feathers?
- A. robin
- B. frog
- C. lizard
- D. goldfish
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Question 7
A penguin cannot fly, but it has feathers. What does that tell you?
- A. It is a fish.
- B. It is a bird.
- C. It is a mammal.
- D. It is an insect.
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Question 8
What covers the body of this animal: snail?
- A. smooth, damp skin
- B. scales
- C. a hard shell
- D. fur or hair
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Question 9
Which animal is covered in smooth, damp skin?
- A. snake
- B. polar bear
- C. robin
- D. frog
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Question 10
Why do snails pull into their shells on hot, dry days?
- A. to make the shell grow
- B. to sleep for a year
- C. to hide from the rain
- D. to stop their soft bodies drying out
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Question 11
What covers the body of this animal: lizard?
- A. feathers
- B. a hard shell
- C. scales
- D. smooth, damp skin
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Question 12
Which animal is covered in a hard shell?
- A. salmon
- B. robin
- C. snail
- D. rabbit
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Question 13
Why must a frog stay near water?
- A. It has no legs.
- B. It is scared of grass.
- C. Its thin skin dries out easily and must stay damp.
- D. Its feathers get dirty.
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Question 14
What covers the body of this animal: horse?
- A. feathers
- B. smooth, damp skin
- C. scales
- D. fur or hair
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Question 15
Which animal is covered in fur or hair?
- A. horse
- B. duck
- C. salmon
- D. snake
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Question 16
Why does a polar bear have thick fur?
- A. to swim faster
- B. to stay cool in the desert
- C. to look bigger
- D. to stay warm in the freezing Arctic

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