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Year 1 Science Animal Groups: summary and key words

Part of the Year 1 Science animal groups chapter. Chapter overview · whole chapter on one page

Chapter summary

Skill	Method
Fish	Live in water. They have fins, gills and usually scales.
Amphibians	Smooth, wet skin. Many start life as tadpoles in water. Frogs lay eggs in water.
Reptiles	Dry, scaly skin. Snakes, lizards, crocodiles and tortoises.
Birds	Feathers, a beak, two wings and two legs. They lay eggs with hard shells.
Mammals	Fur or hair. They feed their babies on milk. They breathe air with lungs.
Minibeasts	Spiders and insects. Not one of the five groups.
Compare	Look at the covering, the legs and where the animal lives. Say what is the same and different.

I can name common animals and say which group each one is in
I know what a fish, an amphibian, a reptile, a bird and a mammal have in common
I can use the clues: fins and scales, smooth wet skin, dry scaly skin, feathers and a beak, fur or hair
I know that a whale, a dolphin and a bat are mammals
I know that spiders and insects are minibeasts, not one of the five groups
I can compare two animals and say what is the same and what is different

fish: an animal that lives in water and usually has fins and scales
amphibian: an animal with smooth, wet skin that can live in water and on land
reptile: an animal with dry, scaly skin that breathes air with lungs
bird: an animal with feathers and a beak
mammal: an animal with fur or hair that feeds its babies on milk
minibeast: a small creature, such as a spider or an insect, that is not in the five groups
fin: a flat part that a fish uses to swim
gills: the parts a fish uses to breathe in water
scales: small, thin plates that cover the skin of many fish and reptiles
tadpole: a young frog that lives in water and breathes with gills
frogspawn: the clump of eggs that a frog lays in water
blowhole: the hole on top of a whale or dolphin that it breathes through