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

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Answer key: Animal body parts and the jobs they do

1. C. a butterfly's long tongue (proboscis)
2. B. to grab food and suck up water
3. B. in tunnels underground
4. C. a tortoise's shell
5. A. to feel its way in the dark
6. B. It reaches deep into flowers for nectar.
7. A. an eagle's sharp claws (talons)
8. B. to paddle through water
9. C. It reaches deep into flowers for nectar.
10. D. a butterfly's long tongue (proboscis)
11. C. to paddle through water
12. A. to swim and steer in water
13. B. an elephant's trunk
14. C. to protect its soft body
15. B. cracking open nuts and seeds
16. B. an elephant's trunk