KS1 Animals - Entertaining Quiz for 5 to 7 Year Olds

Science Quiz - Animals - Carnivores, Herbivores and Omnivores (Questions)

Entertaining Quiz for 5 to 7 Year Olds

This quiz addresses the requirements of the National Curriculum KS1 Science for children aged 5 and 6 in years 1 and 2. Specifically this quiz is aimed at the section dealing with animals which are carnivores, herbivores or omnivores.

All animals have to eat food to live and grow. Some animals eat only plants. They are called herbivores. Some animals eat only meat. They are called carnivores. Some animals eat both plants and meat. They are called omnivores. Which animals are herbivores? Which are carnivores? Which are omnivores? You can group animals by what they eat.

Herbivores eat only plants. Which one of these animals is a herbivore?

[ ]	Badger
[ ]	Fox
[ ]	Eagle
[ ]	Sheep

Carnivores eat meat. Carnivores eat other animals for their food. Which one of these animals is a carnivore?

[ ]	Zebra
[ ]	Gazelle
[ ]	Giraffe
[ ]	Lion

Omnivores naturally eat both plants and animals. Which one of these animals is an omnivore?

[ ]	Cow
[ ]	Tiger
[ ]	Chimpanzee
[ ]	Wolf

Cows and sheep are not the only herbivores. Lots of animals only eat plants. Which one of these is a herbivore?

[ ]	Spider
[ ]	Caterpillar
[ ]	Pig
[ ]	Monkey

A lot of animals are omnivores. They will eat whatever they can. Which one of these animals is an omnivore?

[ ]	Eagle
[ ]	Rabbit
[ ]	Giraffe
[ ]	Chicken

Carnivores only eat meat. They eat other animals. Which one of these is a carnivore?

[ ]	Greenfly
[ ]	Elephant
[ ]	Deer
[ ]	Ladybird

The tiger is a big cat. It is a carnivore. Carnivores eat _____ _____.

[ ]	Fresh vegetables
[ ]	Green vegetables
[ ]	Other animals
[ ]	Only fish

The rhinoceros looks like a meat-eater. But the rhino is a herbivore. Herbivores eat _____ _____.

[ ]	Only plants
[ ]	Only animals
[ ]	Only omnivores
[ ]	Only carnivores

A rabbit eats grass. A fox eats the rabbit. Which living thing makes the food for the fox?

[ ]	Grass
[ ]	Rabbit
[ ]	Fox
[ ]	Cow

10.

Tom is eating a beefburger. It is in a bun with lettuce and tomato. Tom is an _____.

[ ]	Herbivore
[ ]	Omnivore
[ ]	Carnivore
[ ]	Decomposer

Science Quiz - Animals - Carnivores, Herbivores and Omnivores (Answers)

Herbivores eat only plants. Which one of these animals is a herbivore?

[ ]	Badger
[ ]	Fox
[ ]	Eagle
[x]	Sheep

Cows and sheep eat grass. Cows and sheep are herbivores

Carnivores eat meat. Carnivores eat other animals for their food. Which one of these animals is a carnivore?

[ ]	Zebra
[ ]	Gazelle
[ ]	Giraffe
[x]	Lion

A lion will eat a zebra, or a gazelle, or a giraffe. Lions are big cats. All cats are carnivores

Omnivores naturally eat both plants and animals. Which one of these animals is an omnivore?

[ ]	Cow
[ ]	Tiger
[x]	Chimpanzee
[ ]	Wolf

Monkeys, apes and human beings are all omnivores. Some people are vegetarians. But we can eat both meat and vegetables

Cows and sheep are not the only herbivores. Lots of animals only eat plants. Which one of these is a herbivore?

[ ]	Spider
[x]	Caterpillar
[ ]	Pig
[ ]	Monkey

Spiders eat flies. They catch flies in webs. Pigs and monkeys are both omnivores. Caterpillars chomp their way through the leaves of plants

A lot of animals are omnivores. They will eat whatever they can. Which one of these animals is an omnivore?

[ ]	Eagle
[ ]	Rabbit
[ ]	Giraffe
[x]	Chicken

The eagle is a carnivore. Chickens scratch around. They will eat grass, seeds and grains. But they will also eat small slugs, worms and insects

Carnivores only eat meat. They eat other animals. Which one of these is a carnivore?

[ ]	Greenfly
[ ]	Elephant
[ ]	Deer
[x]	Ladybird

The ladybird doesn’t look like a meat eater. But the ladybird eats greenfly. Greenfly feed on plants

The tiger is a big cat. It is a carnivore. Carnivores eat _____ _____.

[ ]	Fresh vegetables
[ ]	Green vegetables
[x]	Other animals
[ ]	Only fish

Do you have a cat? Cat food is made from meat

The rhinoceros looks like a meat-eater. But the rhino is a herbivore. Herbivores eat _____ _____.

[x]	Only plants
[ ]	Only animals
[ ]	Only omnivores
[ ]	Only carnivores

The rhino only eats plants. But it is a big animal and it can be very dangerous

A rabbit eats grass. A fox eats the rabbit. Which living thing makes the food for the fox?

[x]	Grass
[ ]	Rabbit
[ ]	Fox
[ ]	Cow

Only plants make food. Animals just eat food

10.

Tom is eating a beefburger. It is in a bun with lettuce and tomato. Tom is an _____.

[ ]	Herbivore
[x]	Omnivore
[ ]	Carnivore
[ ]	Decomposer

Are you an omnivore?