KS1 Animals | Growing and Getting Taller and Older

Science Quiz - Animals - Growing and Getting Taller (Questions)

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, growing and getting taller.

How old are you? When is your next birthday? You are getting taller. How old is your mum or your dad? Every year we all get a little bit older and children get a little bit taller. Like you, young animals grow as they get older. They grow into adults, or grown-ups. Grown-ups have jobs. Many people go out to work. Other animals also change what they do when they grow up. Here are some questions about animals and people getting older.

Which one of these is a grown-up animal?

[ ]	Puppy
[ ]	Calf
[ ]	Bull
[ ]	Foal

Which one of these is an adult animal?

[ ]	Hen
[ ]	Kitten
[ ]	Chick
[ ]	Duckling

Which one of these is an adult animal?

[ ]	Cub
[ ]	Gosling
[ ]	Foal
[ ]	Horse

Alice is 27 years old. Alice is:

[ ]	A child
[ ]	A teenager
[ ]	An adult
[ ]	Very old

This is Mike. Mike is Alice’s father. Mike is 56 years old. Mike is:

[ ]	A child
[ ]	A teenager
[ ]	An adult
[ ]	Very old

This is Alice’s Grandma. Alice’s Grandma is 85 years old. Alice’s Grandma is:

[ ]	A child
[ ]	A teenager
[ ]	An adult
[ ]	A baby

Cats like to play. They like to play with balls of wool. Which one of these will play most?

[ ]	Adult cat
[ ]	Kitten
[ ]	Old cat
[ ]	Mother cat

This is an eagle feeding its chicks in the nest. What must the chicks learn to do before they can leave the nest?

[ ]	Talk
[ ]	Walk
[ ]	Fly
[ ]	Eat

This is a mother polar bear with her two cubs. What must the cubs learn to do before they can live on their own?

[ ]	Walk
[ ]	Talk
[ ]	Swim
[ ]	Catch fish

10.

This is an elephant mother with her calf. What will the calf grow as she gets older?

[ ]	Tusks
[ ]	Trunk
[ ]	Ears
[ ]	Flat feet

Science Quiz - Animals - Growing and Getting Taller (Answers)

Which one of these is a grown-up animal?

[ ]	Puppy
[ ]	Calf
[x]	Bull
[ ]	Foal

Be careful. Bulls can be dangerous!

Which one of these is an adult animal?

[x]	Hen
[ ]	Kitten
[ ]	Chick
[ ]	Duckling

Don’t forget, hen is another word for a grown-up chicken

Which one of these is an adult animal?

[ ]	Cub
[ ]	Gosling
[ ]	Foal
[x]	Horse

What must it be like to ride a horse?

Alice is 27 years old. Alice is:

[ ]	A child
[ ]	A teenager
[x]	An adult
[ ]	Very old

How old are you? How much older is Alice than you?

This is Mike. Mike is Alice’s father. Mike is 56 years old. Mike is:

[ ]	A child
[ ]	A teenager
[x]	An adult
[ ]	Very old

56 is quite old, but not very old. How much older is Mike than Alice?

This is Alice’s Grandma. Alice’s Grandma is 85 years old. Alice’s Grandma is:

[ ]	A child
[ ]	A teenager
[x]	An adult
[ ]	A baby

When you grow-up, you never stop being an adult, even if you are very old

Cats like to play. They like to play with balls of wool. Which one of these will play most?

[ ]	Adult cat
[x]	Kitten
[ ]	Old cat
[ ]	Mother cat

Older cats sleep a lot

This is an eagle feeding its chicks in the nest. What must the chicks learn to do before they can leave the nest?

[ ]	Talk
[ ]	Walk
[x]	Fly
[ ]	Eat

The chicks can eat, but they can’t yet fly

This is a mother polar bear with her two cubs. What must the cubs learn to do before they can live on their own?

[ ]	Walk
[ ]	Talk
[ ]	Swim
[x]	Catch fish

The polar bear cubs can walk and swim, but they have to learn how to catch fish

10.

This is an elephant mother with her calf. What will the calf grow as she gets older?

[x]	Tusks
[ ]	Trunk
[ ]	Ears
[ ]	Flat feet

Elephant tusks are like great big long teeth