Introduction to Animal Classification
Explore how scientists group animals based on their characteristics with this Grade 3 science worksheet on taxonomy.
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Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability. This worksheet will help you understand how scientists organize living things.
1. Taxonomy is the science of and classifying living things.
2. Scientists group animals based on their .
3. A group of animals that can have babies together is called a .
4. Which of these is NOT a way scientists might classify animals?
What they eat
Where they live
Their favorite color
If they have a backbone
5. Animals that eat only plants are called:
Carnivores
Omnivores
Herbivores
Decomposers
6. All animals with fur are classified in the same group.
True
False
7. Birds are classified by having feathers and laying eggs.
True
False
8. Why do scientists classify animals into different groups?
9. Give an example of two animals that are in the same group and explain why.
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