KS1 Science textbook

Year 1 Science What Animals Eat: lesson and practice

  • Strand Animals, including humans
  • Level Year 1
  • Practice 90 questions with step-by-step solutions

National Curriculum for England, Key Stage 1 science, Year 1. Content: Identify and name common animals that are carnivores, herbivores and omnivores, Describe and compare the structure of common animals: legs, wings, fins, tails, beaks and shells, Describe the body parts and food of common pets.

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By the end of this chapter you will be able to

  • Say what a carnivore, a herbivore and an omnivore eats
  • Sort animals into carnivores, herbivores and omnivores
  • Name common animals in each group, including some pets
  • Say what legs, wings, fins and tails help an animal to do
  • Say what beaks and shells are for
  • Compare the body parts of two animals

You should already know

  • Animal groups: fish, birds, mammals, reptiles and amphibians (Chapter 4)
  • Names of common pets and garden animals (Reception)
  • Which body parts we use to see and to smell (Reception)

Where this leads

  • My body and my senses (Chapter 6)

Lessons in this chapter

  1. 5.1 Three kinds of eaters · Worksheet (PDF) · Answers (PDF)
  2. 5.2 Carnivores: meat-eaters · Worksheet (PDF) · Answers (PDF)
  3. 5.3 Herbivores: plant-eaters · Worksheet (PDF) · Answers (PDF)
  4. 5.4 Omnivores: eaters of both · Worksheet (PDF) · Answers (PDF)
  5. 5.5 Legs, wings, fins and tails · Worksheet (PDF) · Answers (PDF)
  6. 5.6 Beaks and shells · Worksheet (PDF) · Answers (PDF)
  7. Summary and key words
  8. Check-up and end-of-chapter quiz · Worksheet (PDF) · Answers (PDF)

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