NATURAL SCIENCE – UNIT 4

1. Look and tick the correct group of animals.

MAMMAL FISH BIRD REPTILE AMPHIBIAN

Giraffe
Frog
Shark
Snake
Eagle
Dolphin
Parrot
Crocodile
Toad
Clownfish
Gorilla
Bat
Salamander

2. Complete the sentences with the words.

milk – teeth – beaks – chambers - carnivores – omnivores - rumiants

Most reptiles and amphibians eat meat. They are _________________________.

Mammals, fish and birds can be herbivores, carnivores or __________________________.

Mammals have different types of __________________ and birds have different types of

_______________ depending of the food they eat.

All baby mammals drink their mother´s _______________________________.

Animals such as sheep and cows have a special way of digesting food. They hace four

_____________________. These animals are called ______________________________.

3. Write the correct vertebrate group and match the sentence to the photos.

a. ____________________ are warm-blooded. They have wings, feathers and beaks.

b. _____________________ are cold-blooded. They are born in water, with gills and move to land

when they grow lungs and legs.

c. _______________________ are warm-blooded and have fur or hair. Their babies drink their

mother´s milk until they can find their own food.

d. ______________________ are cold-blooded. They live in water and breathe with gills.

e. ______________________are cold-blooded and their bodies are covered in scales.

4. Rewrite the sentences with the correct information.

a. Herbivores eat meat and carnivores eat plants.

_____________________________________________________________________________.

b. Cosumers produce their own food.

______________________________________________________________________________.

c. Mammals, birds and fish are carnivores.

______________________________________________________________________________.
d. Most amphibians and reptiles are herbivores.

______________________________________________________________________________.

e. Birds are viviparous.

_______________________________________________________________________________.

5. Identify the animal group by reading the definitons.

a. They are viviparous and drink their mother´s milk: __________________________________.

b. They have fins and scales and breathe through their gills: _____________________________.

c. They are oviparous and they lay their eggs in water. When they are adults, they breathe with their

lungs or through their skin: _______________________________.

6. Complete.

MAMMALS FISH REPTILES AMPHIBIANS BIRDS

SKIN

7. Read the sentences and match to correct type of reproduction.

a. The embryo develops inside the mother and OVOVIVIPAROUS

she gives birth to live offspring.

b. A few species produce eggs but the eggs develop OVIPAROUS

and hatch inside the mother.

c. The embryo grows outside the mother´s body VIVIPAROUS

inside and egg.
8. Write the parts of these invertebrates.

9. Read and match.

Spider CRUSTACEAN

Ant MYRIAPOD

Centipede ARACHNID

Crab INSECT

__________________________________________

Snail CEPHALOPOD

Mussel GASTROPOD

Squid BIVALVE

__________________________________________

Starfish ANNELID

Worm CNIDARIAN

Jellyfish ECHINODERM
10. Complete writing the words.

Arthropods

spider – crustacean – arachnid – centipede – beetle – myriapod – crab – insect

Molluscs

cephalopod – mussels – gastropod – squid – bivalve – snail

Other invertebrates

starfish – cnidarian – jellyfish – annelid – fireworm – echinoderm – sponges

11. Circle the correct words.

a. Myriapods/ Arachnids / Gastropods have long, thin, segmented bodies. They live in dark,

dump places.

b. Insects / Echinoderms / Cephalopods have large heads and tentacles. They live in water.

c. Arachnids / Insects / Starfish have three body parts: a head, a thorax and an abdomen. They

have two antennae, three pairs of legs and usually have wings.