Grade 5
Science
Worksheet 1
Chapter: Animals
Q-1 Give one word answer:
a) I have acute colour vision and I rely on body language to define my territory.
b) I am the class of animals that can be found in the driest and hottest deserts as well
in the moist humid rainforest.
c) I travel to the coast to lay eggs.
d) I vomit out the egg shell after digesting the egg.
e) I am the class of animals that can live on land as well in water.
f) I mark my territories by scratching tress.
g) I can drop my tail when threatened by a predator.
h) My tongue is attached to the front of my mouth, rather than at the back like
humans.
i) I am the only mammal that can fly.
j) I am a mammal, but lays egg instead of giving birth to babies.
Q-2 Fill in the blanks:
a) A __________ is a group of animals that are similar to each other in many ways.
b) ___________ is very important for lizards to locate their prey and communicate.
c) ______________has a short wide U-shaped snout while _______________has a V-shaped
snout.
d) Scientist have put humans in the broad category of ____________.
e) Reptiles and amphibians are _________________, which means they cannot regulate their body
temperature.
f) Reptiles either have ________legs or ______legs.
g) _____________ is the class of animals lay jelly-like eggs.
h) Amphibians are found throughout the world with the exception of _________________.
i) _____________ is the class of animals that give birth to young ones.
j) Reptiles and amphibians feed ___________food to their young ones.
Q-3 Match the following
a) Frog 1. Ring structure
b) Tiger stripes 2. Scales on body
c) Wolf 3. Travel to coast to lay eggs in sand
d) Crocodile 4. Tongue attached to the front of its mouth.
e) Green turtles 5. Camouflage
Q-4 Identify the class of the following animals:
Q-5 Differentiate between:
a) Reptiles and Amphibians
b) Amphibians and Mammals
c) Reptiles and Mammals
Q-6 Write any three similarities between reptiles and amphibians.
Q-7 Riya saw an animal with moist skin. Identify the class of this animal and write its three
characteristics.
Q-8 Rohan went to a zoo. There he saw an animal with dry and scaly skin. Identify the class of the
animal and write its three characteristics.
Q-9 Explain the life cycle of a frog with a well labelled diagram.
Q-10. Explain the formation of rings in which the sociable wolf resides.