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Animal Classification and Habitats

Explore how animal features help with classification and survival. Read the field notes, then answer each question. For multiple-choice questions, select all answers that fit.

A New Zealand Field Trip

Field notes: A kiwi has feathers, a beak and strong legs for scratching leaf litter; it cannot fly and often feeds at night. It lives in native forest. A tuatara is a reptile found naturally on remote islands off New Zealand’s coast. It has scaly skin, lays eggs and shelters in burrows, sometimes sharing them with seabirds. A seal is a mammal with fur and feeds in the sea. A wētā is an insect with six legs and three main body sections. Kea live in alpine areas, while dolphins live in the ocean. All animals need food, water, shelter and suitable conditions to survive.

1.Which field-note animal is a mammal? Choose one.
  • Kiwi
  • Tuatara
  • Fur seal
  • Wētā
2.Select the features shared by birds such as the kiwi.
  • They have feathers
  • They can all fly
  • They have beaks
  • They lay eggs
3.Complete the classification clue: An insect such as a wētā has legs and main body sections.
4.Match each animal to the habitat from the field notes where it is most at home.
  • Kea
  • Dolphin
  • Kiwi
  • Native forest
  • Alpine area
  • Ocean
5.Use the field notes to select all clues that describe a kiwi.
  • It is flightless
  • It often feeds at night
  • It has a beak
  • It is a mammal
6.Why might thick fur help this seal in its habitat? Explain how the feature helps it survive.
7.Complete the sentence: Animals need food, water, shelter and suitable to survive.
8.According to the field notes, where do tuatara naturally live? Choose one.
  • Some offshore New Zealand islands
  • Every New Zealand forest
  • The open ocean
  • Alpine peaks
9.A tuatara shelters in a burrow and may share it with seabirds. How could the burrow help the tuatara? Give one sensible reason.
10.Imagine rats arrive on an island where tuatara live. Describe one possible effect on tuatara and explain why protecting their habitat matters.
11.A class finds an animal with six legs, three main body sections and no feathers. Which group is it most likely to belong to? Explain using one clue.

2 printable pages

  • Animal Classification and Habitats, page 1 of 2: A New Zealand Field Trip

    Page 1

  • Animal Classification and Habitats, page 2 of 2: 5. Use the field notes to select all clues that describe a kiwi.

    Page 2

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