Year 5 Science — Beaks, claws and fins
Read an animal's body like a set of tools: work out from a beak, a claw, a snout or a foot what its owner eats and where it gets about.
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1.Which bird does the chapter give as its example of a colourful one?
- a) The eagle
- b) The sparrow
- c) The owl
- d) The peacock
2.Match each animal to the body part the chapter gives it, and the job that part does.
- Elephant
- Sparrow
- Eagle
- Sunbird
- A sharp curved beak and claws, for catching prey
- A short, strong beak, for cracking seeds
- A long beak, for drinking nectar
- A long trunk, for taking up food and water
3.An eagle catches its prey with two sharp things. One is its curved beak. Tap the other.
Write the number of the part.
4.A sunbird's beak is long and thin so that it can reach right into a flower. What sweet liquid does it drink from there?
5.Tap the part of this turtle that helps it swim easily.
Write the number of the part.
6.What does the chapter say you can guess about a bird by observing its beak and claws?
- a) How far it flies each day
- b) Its eating habits
- c) How old it is
- d) Where it builds its nest
7.What does the chapter say a turtle's strong shell is for?
- a) Keeping it safe
- b) Helping it float
- c) Keeping it warm in winter
- d) Storing water for dry days
8.What do fish have to swim with?
- a) Fins
- b) Webbed feet
- c) Long tails alone
- d) Flippers
Answer key — Year 5 Science — Beaks, claws and fins
- 1. d) The peacock
- 2. Elephant → A long trunk, for taking up food and water; Sparrow → A short, strong beak, for cracking seeds; Eagle → A sharp curved beak and claws, for catching prey; Sunbird → A long beak, for drinking nectar
- 3. 2 — The claws
- 4. nectar
- 5. 2 — The webbed feet
- 6. b) Its eating habits
- 7. a) Keeping it safe
- 8. a) Fins