Animal Groups
Animal Features
Habitats and Life Cycles
Vocabulary
Nonfiction Text Features
100

What do we call an animal that only eats plants?

Herbivore

100

What do mammals make in their body to feed their young?

Milk

100

What does aquatic mean?

Living, growing, found in water.

100

What does classify mean?

Putting things into groups based on shared characteristics

100

I am the name of a book or article. Which text feature am I?

Title

200

What do we call an animal that only eats meat?

Carnivore 

200

Which animals keep a constant body temperature?

Warm-Blooded

200

On which continent do piranhas live?

South America

200

What does molt mean?

Shedding an outer covering, such as skin

200

I tell what a section of text will be about. Which text feature am I?

Heading

300

What do we call an animal that eats both plants and meat?

Omnivore 

300

True or False: All birds can fly?

False

300

True or False? Amphibians live only on land

False

300

 A runner keeps a constant pace. Does the runner’s pace stay steady or keep changing?

It stays steady.

300

I explain what is happening in a photograph. Which text feature am I?

Caption

400

What is the name of the scientist that study animals to classify them into groups?

Zoologist

400

How does the environment affect a cold-blooded animals body temperature?

It changes the animals body temperature relative to the conditions.

400

What kind of habitat do tropical fish live in?

Salt Water

400

“The children played under the stately tree.” Does stately mean small and weak or grand and impressive?

Grand and Impressive

400

You need the meaning of vertebrate. Which text feature lists important words and their definitions?

Glossary

500

Sort these animals into vertebrates and invertebrates. Snake, horse, spider, earthworm, eagle, butterfly.

V- Snake, horse, eage. IV- Spider, earthworm, butterfly.

500

A reptile has dry, scaly skin. How is an amphibians skin different?

Amphibians have moist, smooth skin. 

500

What are the stages of a frogs life cycle?

Egg, tadpole, froglet, adult frog

500

“Seeing the scary monster sent shivers up his spine.” Does spine mean a backbone, part of a book, or a sharp point?

Backbone 

500

Name the best text feature for each job:

  1. Find the page where a chapter begins.
  2. Find specific pages about frogs.
  3. See the labeled parts of a fish.

1. Table of Contents

2. Index

3. Diagram

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