Kindergarten · Science · Unit 6 of 6
Animal Features
Fur, feathers, fins and shells
What your child practises
Noticing body parts like fur, feathers, fins and shells, and how features help animals and plants live where they do.
Nova Scotia Curriculum learning outcome: Life Science: Living Things · the wide variety of living things
Sample questions
A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.
Question 1
How does a bear's thick fur help it?
🐻- 🧣It keeps the bear warm
- ✈️It helps the bear fly
- 👀It helps the bear see
🧣 It keeps the bear warm
Hint: Thick fur is like a warm coat for an animal.
Question 2
Which animal has feathers?
- 🐟fish
- 🐕dog
- 🐦bird
🐦 bird
Hint: Birds are the only animals with feathers.
Question 3
Which animal has a shell?
- 🐇rabbit
- 🐢turtle
- 🐸frog
🐢 turtle
Hint: A turtle carries a hard shell on its back.
Question 4
Fur or feathers? Tap an animal, then its basket.
Sort into: 🐾 fur · 🪶 feathers
- 🐻bear
- 🐈cat
- 🐧penguin
- 🦆duck
- 🦅eagle
- 🐇rabbit
🐾 fur: bear, cat, rabbit · 🪶 feathers: penguin, duck, eagle
Hint: Birds have feathers. Animals like bears and cats have fur.
Question 5
Which animal has no legs?
- 🦆duck
- 🐍snake
- 🐕dog
🐍 snake
Hint: A snake has no legs. It slides along on its belly!
Question 6
Which animal has wings?
- 🐍snake
- 🦋butterfly
- 🐢turtle
🦋 butterfly
Hint: A butterfly flaps its wings to fly from flower to flower.