BODY PARTS OF

ANIMALS
 ANIMAL BODY PARTS
- Animals have body parts. They use their
body parts to move, to do some work, and
sometimes, to protect themselves from their
enemies.
- Most animals have three main body parts.
They also have a head, a trunk, and a pair of
limbs.
 COMMON AND
SPECIAL BODY PARTS
OF ANIMALS
 COMMON BODY PARTS OF
ANIMALS
• Eyes
• Ears
• Nose
• Mouth
• Legs
• Tail
 SPECIAL BODY PARTS OF
ANIMALS
• Eyes
• Ears
• Nose
• Mouth
• Legs
• Tail
SPECIAL BODY PARTS OF
ANIMALS
Horns Antlers
SPECIAL BODY PARTS OF
ANIMALS
SPECIAL BODY PARTS OF
ANIMALS
SPECIAL BODY PARTS OF
ANIMALS
tusk / trunk webbed feet
 SPECIAL BODY PARTS OF
ANIMALS
Flippers / carapace Pouch
NOT COMMON BODY PARTS
OF ANIMALS
Antenna Tentacles
NOT COMMON BODY PARTS
OF ANIMALS
Pincers exoskeleton
NOT COMMON BODY PARTS
OF ANIMALS
Hump
 SEATWORK
● Answer the following:
- Page 99 (Think and Write)
Identify the body parts of the animals
below. Choose from the word bank below.
- Page 100 (Move On)
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Body Parts of Animals
for Movement
• How do • What makes
animals their
move? movements
different?
 For Movement
• strong legs and feet for
walking and running

• wings for flying

• fins and tail for swimming
 For Movement
earthworms - setae (tiny hairs) and
muscles
snail - muscular foot
snake - long muscular body and scutes
For Movement
duck - webbed feet,
wings
dolphin - fins and
flukes
turtle - flippers
shark - fins and tail
 For Movement
squid and octopus - tentacles
shrimp - swimmerets
 Body Parts of
Animals
for Getting Food
For Food Getting
• pointed teeth canines for
tearing the prey into pieces

• flat teeth for crushing and

chewing grass
• beaks used for picking grains
or cracking nuts
PROBOSCIS
CLAWS
VALVES AND CILIA
TONGUE
FANGS AND TEETH
BEAKS AND BILLS
TENTACLES
 BODY PARTS OF
ANIMALS FOR SENSING
 FOR SENSING
• Antenna
- a body part that can be used for
feeling, hearing, smelling and tasting

• Thin Layer of Skin

- used as ears (crickets)
 FOR PROTECTION
• Stingers – insects;
used to inject poison

• Pincers – used to
fight any attacker
• Legs – by running
or kicking enemies
 FOR PROTECTION
• Horns, antlers and
tusks
• Poison fangs

• Black ink
 FOR PROTECTION
• Quills
• Hard shell

• camouflage
 SEATWORK
Match the body part used for protection to the animal
that has it.
A B
1. stingers A. cats and dogs
2. quills B. chameleon
3. sharp fangs C. horse
4. hard shells D. deer
5. horns/antlers E. bees
6. claws F. porcupine
7. black ink G. crab
8. pincers H. squid
9. camouflage I. snakes
10. legs J. turtle