Grade 1 · Science · Unit 5 of 9
Animal Survival
How animals stay safe and warm
What your child practises
Body features (thick fur, webbed feet, shells, camouflage) and behaviours (hibernating, migrating, storing food) that help animals survive.
Alberta Curriculum learning outcome: 1ES 1.2 · how animals respond to the seasons, including migration and hibernation
Sample questions
A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.
Question 1
What helps a bird fly?
🐦- 🐟fins
- 🐢a hard shell
- 🪶wings and feathers
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🪶 wings and feathers
Hint: Birds flap their wings. Light feathers help them lift into the air.
Question 2
Many bears sleep all winter. What is this called?
🐻- 💤hibernating
- 🏊swimming
- 🐦migrating
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💤 hibernating
Hint: A long winter sleep is called hibernating. Bears wake up in spring!
Question 3
What does a beaver use to cut down trees?
- 🦶its webbed feet
- 🦫its flat tail
- 🦷strong front teeth
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🦷 strong front teeth
Hint: A beaver chews through wood with its strong front teeth. They never stop growing!
Question 4
Is it a body part or something an animal does?
Sort into: 🦶 body part · 🏃 something it does
- 🌙hunts at night
- 🐻thick fur
- 🦉sharp beak
- 🐦flies south in fall
- 🐇long ears
- 🌰stores nuts
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🦶 body part: thick fur, sharp beak, long ears · 🏃 something it does: hunts at night, flies south in fall, stores nuts
Hint: Body parts are things an animal has, like fur. Other things are what it does, like sleeping.
Question 5
A green frog sits on a green leaf. Why is it hard to see?
🐸- 💤it is asleep
- 💨it is very fast
- 🍃its colour blends in
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🍃 its colour blends in
Hint: Its colour matches the leaf. Hiding by blending in is called camouflage.
Question 6
Why do many birds fly south in the fall?
- ❄️to find more snow
- 💤to sleep in caves
- ☀️to find food and warmth
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☀️ to find food and warmth
Hint: Winter is cold with little food, so many birds fly to warmer places. That is called migrating.