Animal Group Traits Chart

3rd Grade ScienceAnimal Classification3 pages

About this worksheet

A five-row chart on this 3-page 3rd grade science sheet compares mammals, birds, fish, reptiles and amphibians. A word bank of 12 terms supplies the answers for body covering, how each group breathes, how babies are born, and whether the animal is warm or cold-blooded. Page 2 has four questions that use the finished chart, including how amphibians change the way they breathe. The answers page prints the full chart, with live for mammals and eggs for fish and reptiles marked as mostly true.

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Animal Group Traits Chart: Animal Classification - page 1
Animal Group Traits Chart: Animal Classification - page 2
Animal Group Traits Chart: Animal Classification - page 3

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Curriculum objectives covered

“Describe the body covering, breathing, birth and body temperature of each vertebrate group.”

The page 1 chart has a box for each of these four traits in all five groups.

“Use a completed chart to compare animal groups and name a group from its traits.”

Questions 1, 3 and 4 on page 2 ask for two groups, a difference and a mystery group.

What's inside this worksheet

Word Bank and Chart

A purple word bank with terms such as fur or hair, dry scales and gills then lungs. Students fill in a table of 20 empty boxes, four for each animal group.

Questions Using the Chart

Four questions, each answered from the completed chart. Students name the two warm-blooded groups, describe how amphibians change their breathing, find one difference between reptiles and fish, and name a group from three clues.

Answers

The full chart with notes on mammals, fish and reptiles, then a short answer for each question.

How teachers use it

Color the temperature

Once the chart is full, have students shade warm-blooded boxes red and cold-blooded boxes blue. Question 1 then comes down to reading the colors.

Amphibian sketch

Question 2 rests on one phrase, gills then lungs. A quick tadpole and frog drawing on the board makes it clear before students write.

Write a mystery animal

Question 4 describes a group with three traits. Have each student write a second one for a partner to solve from the chart.

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