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Grade 2 · Science · Unit 3 of 12

How Animals Move

Swim, fly, hop, slither

What your child practises

How animals swim, fly, hop, slither, crawl and gallop, and the body parts that help them move.

Ontario Curriculum expectation: B2.2 · the ways different animals move (locomotion)

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    How does a snake move?

    🐍
    • It hops
    • It slithers
    • It flies
    Show answer

    It slithers

    Hint: A snake moves its long body in curves.

  2. Question 2

    A worm moves by…

    🪱
    • wriggling
    • flying
    • galloping
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    wriggling

    Hint: Worms stretch and squeeze their bodies to move.

  3. Question 3

    How does a fish move?

    🐟
    • It hops
    • It flies
    • It swims
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    It swims

    Hint: Fish use fins and tails to swim.

  4. Question 4

    An animal that has fins and a tail moves by…

    • swimming
    • hopping
    • climbing trees
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    swimming

    Hint: Fins and tails push water to swim.

  5. Question 5

    Which animal glides through the air from tree to tree?

    • 🐌a snail
    • 🐟a fish
    • 🐿️a flying squirrel
    Show answer

    🐿️ a flying squirrel

    Hint: Flying squirrels have skin flaps that let them glide.

  6. Question 6

    Which animal gallops?

    • 🐎a horse
    • 🐟a fish
    • 🐌a snail
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    🐎 a horse

    Hint: Horses gallop on four legs.

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