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Baby Animals and Their Parents — Answers

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Baby Animals and Their Parents — Answers

Part A: Who is my parent?

Read the box. Then circle the best answer.

All living things can have young (babies). The young grow up to be like their parents.

Many babies look like small copies of their parents, like a puppy and a dog.

Some babies look very different and change a lot as they grow. A tadpole becomes a frog. A caterpillar becomes a butterfly.

People grow and change too. A baby grows into a child, then a teenager, then an adult.

1.A baby duck is called a…
  1. Akitten
  2. Bduckling
  3. Cpuppy
  4. Dfoal

Answer: duckling

A baby duck is a duckling. It grows up to be a duck.

2.A foal grows up to be a…
  1. Acow
  2. Bsheep
  3. Chorse
  4. Dgoat

Answer: horse

A foal is a baby horse.

3.Which baby looks very different from its parent?
  1. Aa puppy
  2. Ba kitten
  3. Ca caterpillar
  4. Da lamb

Answer: a caterpillar

A caterpillar changes a lot. It becomes a butterfly, which looks very different.

4.What will a kitten grow up to be?
  1. Aa dog
  2. Ba cat
  3. Ca rabbit
  4. Da mouse

Answer: a cat

Living things have young that grow up to be like their parents. A kitten becomes a cat.

Part B: Match and fill

5.Match each baby to its parent.
  • calf
  • lamb
  • chick
  • cub
  • cow
  • bear
  • hen
  • sheep

Answer: calf → cow; lamb → sheep; chick → hen; cub → bear

6.A tadpole grows up to be a (answer space).

Answer: frog

Tadpoles grow legs, lose their tails and become frogs.

Part C: True or false?

Write True or False.

7.A puppy can grow up to be a cat.

Answer: False

A puppy always grows up to be a dog, like its parents.

8.Babies grow bigger as they get older.

Answer: True

Young living things grow and change as they get older.

9.A baby bird hatches from an egg.

Answer: True

Birds lay eggs. The chicks hatch out of the eggs.

Part D: Working scientifically: then and now

Look at a baby photo of yourself with a grown-up. Compare it with how you look now.

10.Tell two ways you have changed since you were a baby.

Model answer: I am taller and heavier now. I can walk and talk, and I have more teeth.

Success criteria:

  • Gives two changes
  • Uses words such as taller, bigger, can now…
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