Answer Key Animal Families
1. Describe which animal you liked the most.
Answer: Answers will vary; students should name and describe their favorite animal.
2. Describe which animal you did not like and explain why.
Answer: Answers will vary; students should name and describe why they do not like a particular animal.
3. What are some of the differences you see in the different animals?
Answer: Students should note colors, sizes, textures, shapes, body features, etc.
4. Do you have a collection? What can you group together based on what the objects look like?
Answer: Students will suggest a variety of objects such as coins, toy cars, dolls, cards, rocks, shells, beads, etc.
5. List at least five different vertebrates. How do you know that they are vertebrates?
Answer: Students should list at least five vertebrates.
6. What is the strangest invertebrate you saw in the pictures?
Answer: Students will select and describe an invertebrate that they thought was strange.
7. List at least five invertebrates that you have seen.
Answer: Students should list at least five invertebrates that they have seen.
8. Name and describe one of the invertebrates that you saw.
Answer: Students should pick one of the invertebrates and describe it.
9. Name and describe one of the vertebrates that you saw.
Answer: Students should pick one of the vertebrates and describe it.
10. Why do some animals build their homes in trees and some dig holes in the ground to live in?
Answer: Answers will vary, but students should note that the animals that can easily climb up or fly to the high branches of trees have a better chance of living there; likewise, animals that can not climb trees easily dig holes in the ground for shelter and safety.
11. Describe a spider that you have found in your yard or in your house. Were you afraid?
Answer: Students should describe a spider that they have observed.
12. What special talent do spiders have that no other animal can do?
Answer: Spiders can spin silk webs.
 

Study Questions Animal Families
1. Describe which animal you liked the most.



2. Describe which animal you did not like and explain why.



3. What are some of the differences you see in the different animals?



4. Do you have a collection? What can you group together based on what the objects look like?



5. List at least five different vertebrates. How do you know that they are vertebrates?



6. What is the strangest invertebrate you saw in the pictures?



7. List at least five invertebrates that you have seen.



8. Name and describe one of the invertebrates that you saw.



9. Name and describe one of the vertebrates that you saw.



10. Why do some animals build their homes in trees and some dig holes in the ground to live in?



11. Describe a spider that you have found in your yard or in your house. Were you afraid?



12. What special talent do spiders have that no other animal can do?



 

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