Big Animal Worksheet 11. Can you correctly name the snail’s body parts?

2. Can you name an animal that looks like a snail but doesn’t have a shell? 3. What do snails do in the winter time?4. Do snails prefer to eat, roast lamb, peanut butter or cucumber?5. How many legs do insects have?6. How many body parts do insects have?7. Can you correctly name the insect’s body parts?

8. Can you name three types of insects?9. What do Stick Insects eat?10. Madagascan roaches can make a hissing sound, which other animal do

they sound like?

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Big Animal Worksheet 21. Spiders have more legs than insects, but how many more do they have?2. What do spiders eat?3. What is the name often used for big hairy spiders?4. Can you name the parts of the Scorpion?

ShellFootEyesNose

Wing coversSix LegsHeadAntenna (feelers)

shell

foot

eyes

nose

Slug

Hibernate (sleep) Cucumber

SixThree (Head, Thorax, Abdomen)

Wing Covers (Electra)

Six legs

Six legsHead

Antenna (feelers)

(Remember 6 legs!) I.e. fly, beetle, grasshopper, ladybird, dragon fly etc...

Green leavesA snake

2 (an extra pair)

Other animals, mostly insects Tarantulas

Stinger Telson (venom sac)

5. What do scorpions eat, ice cream, bugs, leaves or birds?6. Can you find the five things all animals need to survive? Colour in the correct

arrows, leaving wrong answer arrows white.

Water Playstation Food Telephone Oxygen

Shoes Shelter Lipstick Space Books

7. True or False?a. Frogs can’t swim.b. Some frogs climb trees.c. Frogs use their eyes to help them swallow their food.d. Frogs prefer to drink milk than water.e. Frogs ‘croak’ because they are hungry.f. Some frogs have toxins in their skin.

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Big Animal Worksheet 31. Chameleons love to eat, fish and chips, insects or water melon.2. True or False?

a. Chameleons tongues are as long as their body and tail together.b. Chameleons use their tail to help climb plants.c. Chameleons use their claws for fighting.d. If scared chameleons change colour.e. Chameleons are scared of snakes.

3. Can you name the parts of the Chameleon?

Eight legsStingerTelsonClawMouth

TailHornsEyeBodyFeet

Eight legs

Mouth

Claw

Bugs

TrueFalse

True

False

False

TrueSpawn

True

Insects

TrueFalse

True

True

Tail

Horns

Eye

Body

Feet

4. Look at the black shapes below and work out what animal they are.

5. What do caterpillars turn in to?6. Do butterflies eat butter, soup or nectar? 7. Can you team up these animals into their proper groups? Drawn a line from one

to the other.

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Big Animal Worksheet 41. Match the animals with the correct habbitat.

2. Where do worms live?

A slug A lizard A millipede A stick insect

Butterflies

Nectar

Underground/in soilMole/Ant etc...

3. Name another animal that like to live underground.4. What do tadpoles grow into?5. Name a plant you would find growing in a pond.6. What type of plant would you find in a desert.7. In the desert there is very little but lots of

.8. In the habitats above, which one would a hedgehog likley to be found?9. Millipedes eat jelly, rotten wood or bugs?10. Which habitat above would best suit a millipede?11. Do crabs walk forwards, sidewards or backwards?12. Look at the pictures below and draw a line from the preditor to its prey.

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Tropical Rainforest Worksheet KS21. Rain forests cover about ____________ of the earth.a. 23% b. 15% c. 6%

2. Rain forests are home to over ____________ of the world's species.a. 15% b. 50% c. 27%

3. In a rain forest the air is ____________.a. hot or cool, but usually moist. b. usually cold and dry. c. always hot and damp

4. You might meet a ____________ in an African rain forest.a. bobcat b. parrot c. reindeer

5. The number of rain forests in the world is ____________.a. shrinking b. growing c. staying the same

6. Clearing the rain forests contributes to ____________.a. global warming b. thunderstorms c. the full moon

7. ____________ has the world's largest total rain forest acreage.a. Brazil b. Russia c. India

8. Tropical rainforests are found on or near the _______________.a. arctic circle b. equator c. meridian line

FrogsWater lily/Pond weed/Rushes/etc...

Cactus

water sand

Forest

Rotten wood

ForestSide wards

c. 6%

b. 50%

c. always hot and damp

b. parrot

a. shrinking

a. Brazil

a. Global warming

b. equator

9. Draw below a picture of a rainforest animal and label it with three adaptations that help it to live in the rainforest.

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Tropical Rainforest Worksheet KS31. Tropical rainforest are found on or near the between the tropic’s of

and .2. Name three countries where tropical rainforests can be found.3. Name the four layers of the rainforest in order starting at the bottom.4. What is the name given to the end of a leaf to help remove water from its surface?5. Many plants can be found in the canopy holding onto branches with their roots but what is the

special name given to such plants?6. Name two reasons why bromeliads are important to animals living in the canopy.

7. Emergent trees often have large roots to help hold them in place, but what is the name given to them?

8. Name four products that come from rainforest plants and animals.9. Can you name the parts of the Madagascan cockroach??

10. Madagascan cockroaches make a hissing sound, why do they do this?

11. What is the word used for animals that have colours to match their suroundings?

12. Name three reasons why tropical rainforests are being destroyed.

13. Why is it important that rainforests are protected?

14. What is the animal in the picture below?

Equator Cancer CapricornThe Amazon Rainforest

The Forest floor, The Under storey, The Canopy, The Emergent Layer

The Canopy

Epiphyte

Bromeliads provide animals with a place to hide, a possible source of food and as they collect water, a place to drink.

buttress

Chocolate, chewing gum, rubber, flowers for garden and homes, nuts & fruits, medicine, etc...

head

abdomenthorax

antennae

Their nickname, "hissing cockroach", is due to their ability to force gas through the breathing pores (spiracles) found on their abdomen. The Madagascar hissing cockroach is believed to be the only insect that can hiss in this exact manner. This hiss takes two forms: the disturbance hiss (a warning to predators) and the fighting hiss, (amongst each other).

Camouflage

Mining, farming, logging.

So that animals don’t lose their habitats, so that we don’t lose animals and plants species. Rainforest provide the world with approx 23% of oxygen. Many plants and animals provide us with medicines and there could be many more. Etc...

A phasmid, a type of leaf insect.

17. What does this animal eat? 18. How is this animal suited to life in the trees, explain your answer?

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Life Cycles - Key Stage 11. Seeds need things to start them growing. Can you circle the 3 correct ones from

the list below?Soil Milk Sunlight Slime Water

Darkness

2. Circle the item the shoot needs when it breaks the grounds surface:Sunlight Darkness Oxygen Sweets

3. Birds eggs are______________: Soft Hard Slimy Wet

4. Eggs laid in water are often______________. Hard shelled Jellylike Rubbery

5. Birds build a _____________in which they lay their eggs.

6. Reptile eggs are often rubbery. Is this true or false? ________________

7. Spiders wrap their eggs in _______________.

8. The larvae stage of a butterfly is often known as a _________________.

9. Frogs lay their eggs in water and are known as ____________.

10. When frog’s eggs hatch the young are called_____________.

11. Mammals feed their babies on ______________.

12. Can you draw your own life cycle below?

Phasmid’s are herbivores and eat green leaves.

Body shape to camouflage amongst the leaves, pads and hooks on toes to aid climbing. Wings to help move about and avoid predators. Needs to be where food is, i.e. under storey/canopy. Etc...

nest

True

Silk

Caterpillar

spawn

tadpoles

milk

Life Cycles - Key Stage 2 1. Label the picture correctly. (Sun, Seed, Shoot, Root, Rain)

2. What is the hard shell of a bird’s egg made from? ___________________.3. Why do birds lay hard shelled eggs? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.4. How are reptile eggs different to those of birds? ___________________________________________________________________________.5. Animals without bones are called? _________________________________.6. What is complete metamorphosis and can you name an animal that has this kind of lifecycle? ____________________________________________________________________________

7. What is incomplete metamorphosis and can you name an animal that uses this kind if lifecycle? ___________________________________________________________________________.

8. The pictures below are out of order; can you number them in the correct order starting with the adult?

___5___ ___2___ ___4____ ____1___ ___3___

Shoot

Sun Rain

Seed

Root

Calcium carbonate

Bird’s eggs are hard to protect them for damage and knocks as they are moved about in the nest.

Reptile eggs are soft shelled compared to bird’s eggs. They can be circular or oblong in shape.

Invertebrates

Complete metamorphosis is when the immature stage of an animal looks nothing like its parents and under-goes a complete change to become an adult.

Incomplete metamorphosis is where the young develop gradually, appearing similar to the adults and do not undergo a pupal stage.

9. Explain what an amphibian is: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.10. How do amphibian eggs which are laid in water, differ from animals that laid them on land? 11. Name the three main traits of a mammal. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.12. Draw below the life cycle of a snake. Label and colour it in.

13. Can you name a mammal that breaks the normal rules and lays eggs? __________________.14. Can you find all the words?S N I N V E R T E B R A T E SI E E A W L C A G N U O Y G GL I V S M I L D F K S T B K GA E J L T T C P G L L P W C ES L E A M P H I B I A N A M NY O L R R E R L C M M E A W IR P L V Q R Y D I R M G J W NH D Y E T A P U P V A U P B NC A S I S O H P R O M A T E MM T W S T W E N E U L I V E L

METAMORPHOSIS AMPHIBIAN LARVAE EGGS LIVEMAMMAL REPTILE SPAWN CHRYSALISTADPOLE NEWT MILK PUPATEYOUNG JELLY NEST INVERTEBRATES

Food Chains and Webs Worksheet 1) Why do we need to eat food? ___________________2) What does food give us? ____________________3) What is the process called that allows plants to turn sunlight into food?

________________________4) In the above process, plants take in Carbon dioxide through their leaves and

__________________ though their roots.5) Plants make glucose and product called __________________ that people and animals

require for survival.6) Animals that eat plants are called a ________________.7) Animals that eat other animals are called_______________.8) Animals that eat both plants and animals are called ________________.

Amphibians, such as frogs, toads, salamanders, newts, and caecilians, are cold-blooded animals that metamorphose from a juvenile, water-breathing form to an adult, air-breathing form.

Amphibian eggs lack the harder outer shells that characterize bird and reptile eggs. Instead, they are slimy and gel-like in texture. Since they have no hard outer layer, they are prone to water loss. For this reason, many amphibians lay their eggs directly in water.

echidna / platypus

To surviveEnergy

Photosynthesis

Water

Oxygen

Herbivore

Carnivore

Omnivore

Predator

9) At the top of the food chain is the top ________________.10) Finish drawing and labelling the food chain below:

11) Explain what might happen if the balance in a food chain is upset. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

12) When food chains are inter-linked they become a ___________________.13) Name three things that could upset a food web.

_________________________________________.14) Draw a simple food web below using the following animals:

snail/robin/spider/insect/frog/rat/snake.

Spider Robin

Sun Plant Snail Frog Snake

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Mini Beast Worksheet KS1

Can you find the correct answers above to the following questions?1) Mini beasts are animals that have no bones.2) Can you name two mini beasts? Grasshopper and beetle.3) Worms are mini beasts that have no legs.4) Insects have three body parts.5) Spiders have eight legs on their head.6) Millipedes and centipedes have lots of body parts.7) Slugs are in the same family as snails. 8) Crabs have ten legs. 9) Many people are scared of spiders and scorpions which are in the family arachnids.10)Snakes have lots of bones inside their bodies.11)Draw a picture of a snail below and label it with the following words: shell/eyes/nose/foot/mouth.

Secondary

Consumer

Primary

Consumer

Energy source

Producer Tertiary Consumer

In the above food chain if the Owls are removed then frog populations will go up. The more frogs the more insects will be required to feed them. If there are not enough insects then the frog population will see decline. If all the frogs are harmed then the top predators will struggle to find food. Lastly if the plants are harmed then there will be problems for all the consumers in the food chain.

Food Web

Pollution/Deforestation/Mining/Hedgerow removal/Hunting/Etc...

bones grasshopper eight snails head eyeslegs no snake three beetle body ten scorpions

The following statements are either true or false, but which is which?

12)A horse is a mini beast. False13)A spider has two body parts. True14)Tarantulas have 10 legs. False15)Snails use their legs to run after their food. False16)Snails have thousands of teeth on their tongues. True (it’s called a radula!)17)Frogs don’t have any bones. False18)Some mini beasts grow very big True (octopus and squid grow huge!)19)Some mini beasts have a soft skin. True20)Some mini beasts have a hard skin. True

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Mini Beasts Worksheet KS21) Mini beasts are animals that have no bones.2) What does the word Vertebrate mean? A vertebrate is an animal that has a back bone.3) What is the correct word for a mini beast? An Invertebrate.4) Annelids are mini beasts that have no legs or eyes and have segmented soft bodies (segments

= rings). Can you name two types of annelids? An earth worm and a leach.5) Can you name three types of Mollusc? Slug/Snail/Octopus/Squid/Shell fish/Pond snail.6) What is a snails shell made from Calcium.7) Can you name the three body parts of an insect? Head/Thorax/Abdomen.8) What is the correct name for the feelers on many mini beasts? Antennae9) There are more species of insect than all the other groups of living things put together.10)Can you name three types of Arachnids? Spiders/Scorpions/Whip spiders/Whip

scorpions/Ticks/Mites.11)Arachnids have two body parts, with their legs joined to the head.12)Woodlice do not belong in the insect world, what checks can be done to prove this is correct?

13)What group of mini beasts does a woodlice belong? Crustaceans.14)What does myriapod mean? Myria means many and Pods means leg/feet, so ‘many legs’.15)Can you name two types of myriapod? Centipedes/ Millipedes/Pill millipedes.16)Are snakes mini beasts, explain your answer? Snakes are not mini beasts as they have bones

inside their bodies.17) In the space below draw a picture of a mini beast:

Insects have 6 legs, woodlice have 14 legs. Insects have 3 body parts, (head, thorax & abdomen), woodlice have more segments.

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Endangered Earth Worksheet KS2-31) What does endangered mean? Endangered means exposed to danger or threatened with harm.

2) Name two animals or plants that are endangered. (There’s loads, panda, tiger, rhino, gorilla, etc...)

3) What does extinct mean? Extinct means none left, the species no longer exists.

4) Name two animals or planets that have become extinct. Dodo, Mammoth, Tasmanian wolf, Great Auk, etc...

5) Name two types of natural disasters that could cause harm to living things. Volcanoes & earthquakes.

6) Name three ways humans are causing harm to the planet. Deforestation, over clearing of hedgerows, over mining, pollution, housing, hunting, tipping etc...

7) What is the main cause of global warming? The largest contributing source of greenhouse gas is the burning of fossil fuels leading to the emission of carbon dioxide.

8) Why are plastics such a problem for living things? Everyday items such as plastic bottles, toothbrushes, plastic bags, etc. seem so harmless. But these items and others composed of plastic do not break down for tens to hundreds of years. They either persist in landfills or are eventually washed into the waterways and the ocean. In the ocean, plastics either   remain in   whole pieces or are broken down into tiny pellets. Ocean currents and storms carry these plastic items far out to sea or where they accumulate in gyres (large areas with water moving in a vortex pattern) or even wash up on remote islands. Tiny filter-feeding animals often ingest the plastic pellets. Larger animals, such as sea turtles and sea birds, mistake the larger plastic pieces for food, or prey on these smaller animals so that the plastic particles travel up the food chain. This can lead to internal damage, infertility, sterilisation and even death.

9) What is acid rain? Acid rain containing acids that form in the atmosphere when industrial gas emissions (especially sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxides) combine with water. When this water, falls onto the earth it can harm plants and animals due to the high acid content.

10)Why are animals hunted? Animals can be hunted for sport, food, medicines, furs, ivory, the pet trade etc...

11)What is deforestation? Deforestation is the process of destroying a forest and replacing it with something else, especially by an agricultural system.

12)What harm is done by deforestation? Deforestation causes loss of for bio-diversity, potential medicines, improved environmental quality, and climate mitigation. Animals and other plants lose their habitats and can become endangered/extinct.

13)Name two ways you can help look after the planet and its living things. Recycle, forest sustainability, create wildlife gardens and protect wildlife areas. Share lifts to school, don’t litter, etc...

14)What is the biggest threat to planet and its living things? Humans!