Unit 8 - Animals

A medium-sized silver-coloured fish that lives in the sea or rivers and swims up rivers to produce its eggs. Its pink flesh is eaten as a food.

Give 5 examples of mammal

A small, brown mammal with a covering of sharp spines on its back.

Name 5 animals that live on sea

An animal that lives in the sea and has a long body covered with a hard shell, two large claws, and eight legs, or its flesh when used as food.

Give 5 examples of reptiles

An animal that lives in water, is covered with scales, and breathes by taking water in through its mouth.

A large, heavily built plant-eating mammal with one or two horns on the nose and thick folded skin, native to Africa and southern Asia.

A lizard that changes skin colour to match what surrounds it so that it cannot be seen.

An animal with a thick, hard shell that it can move its head and legs into for protection.

A creature with feathers and wings, usually able to fly.

A very large snake that kills animals for food by wrapping itself around them and crushing them.

A large bird grown for its meat on farms.

A bird with a flat face and large eyes that hunts small mammals at night.

An animal (such as a snake, lizard, turtle, or alligator) that has cold blood, that lays eggs, and that has a body covered with scales or hard parts.

Give 5 examples of bird

A long, thin, snake-like fish, some types of which are eaten.

Name 5 animals that live on land

Any animal that gives birth to live young, not eggs, and feeds its young on milk.

Name 5 animals that live on air

A very large sea mammal that breathes air through a hole at the top of its head.

Give 5 examples of fish

A large bird with pink feathers, long, thin legs, a long neck, and a beak that curves down.