Animal structure | Science | Quizalize & Oak National Academy

Starter quiz

Which of these animals is a fish?
- a salmon ✓
- a cat
- a frog
Which of these animals is an amphibian?
- a squirrel
- a whale shark
- a toad ✓
True or false? Amphibians have scales on their bodies.
- 'false' ✓
What is the name of this fish?
- a shark ✓
- a tuna
- a goldfish
Which statement is true?
- Amphibians live only in water.
- Amphibians live only on land.
- Amphibians live in water and on land. ✓
Which of the following animals are amphibians?
- frog ✓
- whale shark
- cod
- axolotl ✓

True or false? Different animals have different parts to their bodies.
- 'true' ✓
The parts of an animal's body are called its ...
- reptile.
- structure. ✓
- legs.
Which of these animals has four legs?
- a crow
- a rat ✓
- a fish
Which of these animals has scales?
- a chicken
- a toad
- a snake ✓
Different body parts help animals to do different things. Match its animal to its body part.
- giraffe
  
  ⇔
  
  long neck to help it eat leaves in trees ✓
- frog
  
  ⇔
  
  long legs to help it jump ✓
- shark
  
  ⇔
  
  gills so it can breathe underwater ✓
Lucas has sorted some animals by their structure, into those with feathers and those without feathers. Can you spot which animal is in the wrong group?
- seagull
- parrot
- penguin ✓
- snake

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Children may think that all animals have the same body structure, e.g. four legs.

Examples of different structures, e.g. fish, birds, that clearly show that not all animals look similar or have the same body structure.

Animals - An animal is a living thing which moves and eats other animals or plants.
Body parts - Body parts are the different parts that make up the body of an animal.
Structure - The structure of an object is how it is formed.
Describe - To say or write what someone or something is like.
Compare - We compare things by looking at what is the same and what is different.