About this worksheet
A three-way sort for Year 6 science on how plants and animals differ. Pupils place sixteen characteristics under Plants Only, Both Plants and Animals, or Animals Only. The list includes contain green chlorophyll, store excess food as starch, digest food in an internal gut and respond to stimuli. In Classification Reasoning, pupils explain the hardest item and suggest one new characteristic for each category. The answer key gives five plant-only, six shared and five animal-only items, and explains why taking in oxygen belongs under both. The sheet runs to three pages and follows the England National Curriculum.
