Identifying living things (non-statutory) | Science | Quizalize & Oak National Academy

Starter quiz

We ask a ______ when we want to find out an answer.
- statement
- question ✓
- exclamation
Match the answers to their question.
- Where do sharks live?
  
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  In the ocean. ✓
- Does the lizard have scales?
  
  ⇔
  
  Yes it does. ✓
- What colour is a banana usually?
  
  ⇔
  
  It is yellow. ✓
- How many legs do spiders have?
  
  ⇔
  
  Eight. ✓
Which of these are living things?
- car
- rainbow
- cactus ✓
- fire
- rattle snake ✓
Which of these things have never been alive?
- cow
- frying pan ✓
- human
- rose bush
How do we know if something is a living thing?
- It needs food. ✓
- It needs air. ✓
- It goes to school
- It needs water. ✓
- It has a brain to think.
Which of these things were once alive but are now dead?
- a tree growing in a forest
- aluminium
- a fossil of a wooly mammoth frozen in ice ✓
- cut flowers in a vase ✓

Exit quiz

Humans ask ______ to help them to understand the world they live in.
- 'questions' ✓
Why do humans ask questions about the world?
- They already know everything.
- They what to find out how things work. ✓
- They want to find out why things happen. ✓
- They are not interested in finding out things they don't know.
Select the questions that can only be answered with a "yes" or a "no".
- How old are you?
- What month were you born?
- Are reptiles plants? ✓
- Where do you go to school?
- Does the sun shine at night? ✓
Match the question starters to the rest of the question.
- Do ...
  
  ⇔
  
  you like going to school? ✓
- Is ...
  
  ⇔
  
  your hair long? ✓
- Are ...
  
  ⇔
  
  you seven years old? ✓
- Can ...
  
  ⇔
  
  we fly a kite on a windy day? ✓
- Have ..
  
  ⇔
  
  you got brown eyes? ✓
Which of these are yes/no questions that could help a scientist identify an unknown plant they have discovered?
- Does this plant have roots? ✓
- Is this plant green? ✓
- What colour is this plant?
- Does this plant have flowers? ✓
- How many leaves does the plant have?
What can answers to yes/no questions help us to do?
- identfy and name things ✓
- order things
- measure things

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Lesson Details

Key learning points

Humans ask questions to help them to understand the world, including how things work and why things happen.
Some questions require an answer of only yes or no.
Yes/no questions often begin with ‘Do’, ‘Are’, ‘Is’, ‘Have’ or 'Can'.
We can use answers to yes/no questions to help us to identify and name unknown things.

Common misconception

Pupils may believe that all questions need a full explanation to answer.

By working through the examples on the slide deck and completing the tasks, pupils will see that some questions can be answered with a simple yes or no. This is an important skill when using and creating identification keys for classification.

Keywords

Question - A question is a type of sentence that asks something.
Name - A name is a word by which a person or thing is known.
Identify - To identify something is to be able to name it correctly.