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Animal Classification Worksheet

This worksheet helps second-grade students learn about different animal classifications like mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, and amphibians.

Grade 2 Science Life ScienceAnimal Classification
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2-LS4-1

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scienceanimalsclassificationgrade 2mammalsbirdsfishreptilesamphibians
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Animal Classification

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Read each question carefully and follow the instructions to show what you know about animal classification.

1. Which group of animals drinks milk from their mothers?

a

Birds

b

Fish

c

Mammals

d

Reptiles

2. Which animal group has scales and lives in water?

a

Amphibians

b

Birds

c

Fish

d

Mammals

3. A frog is an   because it can live on land and in water.

4. Animals that have feathers and lay eggs are called  .

5. A snake is a   because it has scales and is cold-blooded.

6. All mammals lay eggs.

T

True

F

False

7. Fish breathe with gills.

T

True

F

False

Match each animal on the left with its correct group on the right.

8. Dolphin

 

a. Bird

9. Eagle

 

b. Fish

10. Frog

 

c. Amphibian

11. Shark

 

d. Mammal

12. Lizard

 

e. Reptile

13. Name two things that all birds have.

14. How are reptiles different from amphibians?

Use the words below to complete the sentences.

Mammals
Gills
Feathers
Reptiles
Amphibians

15.   have hair or fur and give birth to live young.

16. Fish use   to breathe underwater.

17. Birds are covered in  .