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How animal parents help their young survive

1st grade (Year 2 in England) · 16 questions · Common Core: NGSS.1-LS1-2 · England: KS1 Y2 Animals, including humans

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  1. Question 1

    How is this parent helping its young: a cow letting her calf drink milk?

    • A. feeding
    • B. protecting
    • C. teaching

  2. Question 2

    True or false? Some young animals are never looked after by their parents.

    • A. True
    • B. False

  3. Question 3

    A human baby cries in the night. What is it doing?

    • A. telling everyone to go to sleep
    • B. nothing; crying has no meaning
    • C. practising singing
    • D. telling a parent it needs something, like food or comfort

  4. Question 4

    How is this parent helping its young: a meerkat showing its pup how to handle a scorpion safely?

    • A. feeding
    • B. protecting
    • C. teaching

  5. Question 5

    True or false? A bird chick can find all its own food the day it hatches.

    • A. True
    • B. False

  6. Question 6

    Some animals, like sea turtles, never meet their parents. How do the young survive?

    • A. People raise all of them.
    • B. Other turtles feed them every day.
    • C. They are born able to find food and the sea by themselves.
    • D. They stay in the egg for ever.

  7. Question 7

    How is this parent helping its young: an elephant herd circling around a calf?

    • A. feeding
    • B. protecting
    • C. teaching

  8. Question 8

    True or false? Only human parents look after their babies.

    • A. True
    • B. False

  9. Question 9

    A human baby cries in the night. What is it doing?

    • A. nothing; crying has no meaning
    • B. practising singing
    • C. telling a parent it needs something, like food or comfort
    • D. telling everyone to go to sleep

  10. Question 10

    How is this parent helping its young: a hen sheltering chicks under her wings?

    • A. feeding
    • B. protecting
    • C. teaching

  11. Question 11

    True or false? Many animal parents feed their young.

    • A. True
    • B. False

  12. Question 12

    Baby birds open their beaks wide and cheep loudly. Why?

    • A. to tell their parents they are hungry
    • B. to cool down
    • C. to scare away their parents
    • D. to practise flying

  13. Question 13

    How is this parent helping its young: a penguin bringing up fish for its chick?

    • A. feeding
    • B. protecting
    • C. teaching

  14. Question 14

    True or false? Young animals make sounds to get their parents' help.

    • A. True
    • B. False

  15. Question 15

    A human baby cries in the night. What is it doing?

    • A. telling everyone to go to sleep
    • B. telling a parent it needs something, like food or comfort
    • C. nothing; crying has no meaning
    • D. practising singing

  16. Question 16

    How is this parent helping its young: a hen sheltering chicks under her wings?

    • A. feeding
    • B. protecting
    • C. teaching

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Answer key: How animal parents help their young survive

  1. 1. A. feeding

  2. 2. A. True

  3. 3. D. telling a parent it needs something, like food or comfort

  4. 4. C. teaching

  5. 5. B. False

  6. 6. C. They are born able to find food and the sea by themselves.

  7. 7. B. protecting

  8. 8. B. False

  9. 9. C. telling a parent it needs something, like food or comfort

  10. 10. B. protecting

  11. 11. A. True

  12. 12. A. to tell their parents they are hungry

  13. 13. A. feeding

  14. 14. A. True

  15. 15. B. telling a parent it needs something, like food or comfort

  16. 16. B. protecting