How are animals similar or different?

Question 1

Are there different types of animals around us?

Answer 1

Yes, such as birds, cats and fish.

Question 2

How may animals differ or resemble one another?

Answer 2

In the following ways:

• their sizes, shapes and colours (their appearances)
• the types of outer coverings they have
• the types of food they eat (nutrition)
• the ways they move
• the ways they reproduce
• the places they live in (their habitats)

Question 3

How are animals different in the types of outer coverings they have?

Answer 3

1. Hair - to keep the animals warm and protect them from injuries
2. Scales - to protect the animals from injuries and predators
3. Feathers - to keep the animals warm and help the animals fly
4. Shell - to protect the animals from injuries and predators.

Question 4

Give some examples of animals with hair.

Answer 4

dog, grizzly bear, lion, monkey and sheep

Question 5

Give some examples of animals with scales.

Answer 5

chameleon, crocodile, goldfish, lizard and snake

Question 6

Give some examples of animals with feathers.

Answer 6

chicken, parrot, peacock, swan

Question 7

Give some examples of animals with shell.

Answer 7

crab, lobster, mussel, prawn, snail, turtle

Question 8

Name some animals that do not have outer coverings.

Answer 8

squid, octopus and earthworm

Question 9

How are animals different in the type of food they eat?

Answer 9

1. animals that eat only plants (plant eaters or herbivores)
2. animals that eat only other animals (animal eaters or carnivores)
3. animals that eat both plants and other animals (plant and animal eaters / omnivores)

Question 10

Give some examples of herbivores.

Answer 10

caterpillar, cow, giraffe, hummingbird

Question 11

Give some examples of carnivores.

Answer 11

crocodile, shark, snake, tiger

Question 12

Give some examples of omnivores.

Answer 12

bear, chicken, human, rat

Question 13

How are animals different in the ways they move?

Answer 13

1. crawl
2. fly
   3, glide
3. hop
4. swim
5. walk and run

Question 14

Give examples of animals that crawl with their legs.

Answer 14

ant, lizard, millipede, tortoise

Question 15

Give examples of animals that fly with their wings.

Answer 15

bat, housefly, parrot and pigeon

Question 16

Give examples of animals that glide with their whole body.

Answer 16

earthworm, eel and snake

Question 17

Give examples of animals that hop with their legs.

Answer 17

frog, grasshopper and kangaroo

Question 18

Give examples of animals that swim with their fins and tails.

Answer 18

goldfish, seahorse and shark

Question 19

Give examples of animals that walk and run with their legs.

Answer 19

cat, deer and human

Question 20

Are some animals able to move in more than one way?

Answer 20

Yes, by using different parts of their bodies.