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Animal Movement and Survival

Animals move in different ways to meet their needs. Read the mini field notes, then use evidence to solve each task. Choose clear examples and explain your thinking.

Field notes

Kangaroos use strong hind legs to hop across open ground. Hopping can help them travel quickly to reach grass and move away from danger. Kookaburras use their wings to fly between trees and search for food. Fish push water with their tails and steer with their fins. A blue-tongue lizard crawls using its legs and body. Animals also rest; not every animal is moving all the time.

1.Which movement helps a kangaroo travel quickly across open ground?

Hopping
Flying
Swimming
Slithering

2.Match each animal to a body part it uses to move.

Kookaburra
Fish
Blue-tongue lizard

Tail and fins
Legs and body
Wings

3.Complete the field note: A fish uses its tail to push through the .

4.Choose two reasons from the field notes that an animal may move.

To find food and move away from danger
To change its colour and make a nest
To sleep and grow fur
To become a different animal

5.A kookaburra flies between trees while searching for food. Name the body part it uses to fly and explain how flying could help it find food.

6.True or false: Every animal is moving all the time.

TrueFalse

7.A blue-tongue lizard is crossing a rocky patch. How might crawling with its legs and body help it move over the ground?

8.Choose the best explanation: How can hopping help a kangaroo survive?

It can travel to food or move away from danger
It can breathe underwater
It can grow wings
It can stop needing food

9.Imagine a fish had no fins to steer. What might be harder for it to do?

10.Draw an animal moving in its habitat. Add arrows to show how it moves, then label one body part that helps it move and write how that movement helps it meet a need.

Draw your animal, its habitat and arrows showing its movement. Label one helpful body part.