Naming mammals | Science | Quizalize & Oak National Academy

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Which of these animals is often a pet?
- a penguin
- an owl
- a budgie ✓
What is the name of this animal?
- 'frog' ✓
Animals are ...
- plants.
- living things. ✓
- toys.
Wild animals should not be kept as pets because ...
- they are too big.
- they need to live in the wild. ✓
- they have sharp teeth.
If an animal is not familiar to you it means ...
- you do not know its name. ✓
- it is very dangerous.
- it is not a good pet.
Which of these animals are pets?
- bear
- goldfish ✓
- puppy ✓
- wolf

When mammals have babies they ...
- lay eggs.
- give birth to live young. ✓
- build a nest.
What do mammals grow on their body at some point in their life?
- fur or hair ✓
- feathers
- scales
- stripes
Mammals are warm-blooded. What does warm-blooded mean?
- they are warm all the time
- they only live in hot places
- they stay the same temperature even if the temperature around them changes ✓
Name these mammals.
- mammal 1
  
  ⇔
  
  pig ✓
- mammal 2
  
  ⇔
  
  squirrel ✓
- mammal 3
  
  ⇔
  
  human ✓
Lucas has been sorting animals into mammals and not mammals. Which animal has he sorted into the wrong group?
- 'fox' ✓
Which of these animals are mammals?
- fish
- cow ✓
- hedgehog ✓
- blue tit
- human ✓

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Mammals are animals that have a backbone, breathe air, and grow hair at some point during their life.
Mammals give birth to live young and feed them milk.
Mammals are warm blooded animals.
Different mammals have different names.
Animals can be sorted into mammals and not mammals using simple classification skills.

Humans are not animals. Only four legged mammals such as dogs that can be kept as pets are animals.

Use of humans as an example animal in this lesson. Use of a wide variety of mammals, including wild animals, as examples in this lesson.

Animals - An animal is a living thing which moves and eats other animals or plants.
Mammal - A mammal is a warm-blooded animal that gives birth to live young and has hair or fur.
Hair - Hair is a thin, flexible structure that grows from the skin of mammals.
Milk - Milk is a liquid produced by mammal mothers to feed newborns.
Live young - Most mammals give birth to living young rather than hatching their young from eggs.