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Classifying Living Things practice for Years 4–6
Science · Living Things · Key Stage 2. Plants, animals, habitats, life cycles and evolution.
What your child will learn
- Classify animals into vertebrate and invertebrate groups using their key features.
- Use a branching classification key to identify living things.
- Describe how living things are classified into broad groups, including micro-organisms, plants and animals, by observable characteristics.
- Give reasons for classifying plants and animals based on specific characteristics.
Try some free classifying living things questions
These are real BrightWorld questions. In the app, every question adapts to your child’s level and comes with hints and worked examples.
Question 1. A minibeast has 6 legs and no spotty wing case. Use the key: what is it?
MINIBEAST KEY 1. Does it have legs? NO → Slug. YES → go to 2. 2. Does it have exactly 6 legs? YES → go to 3. NO → go to 4. 3. Does it have a hard, spotty wing case? YES → Ladybird. NO → Ant. 4. Does it have exactly 8 legs? YES → Spider. NO → Woodlouse.
MINIBEAST KEY 1. Does it have legs? NO → Slug. YES → go to 2. 2. Does it have exactly 6 legs? YES → go to 3. NO → go to 4. 3. Does it have a hard, spotty wing case? YES → Ladybird. NO → Ant. 4. Does it have exactly 8 legs? YES → Spider. NO → Woodlouse.
- Ant
- Spider
- Ladybird
Show the answer
Ant
Question 2. What are micro-organisms?
- Baby animals
- Tiny rocks
- Living things too small to see without a microscope
Show the answer
Living things too small to see without a microscope
Question 3. A dolphin is a mammal because…
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- It breathes air with lungs and feeds its young milk
- It lives in the sea
- It has fins
Show the answer
It breathes air with lungs and feeds its young milk
How BrightWorld helps with classifying living things
Children practise classifying living things at Easy, Medium or Hard, in mixed quizzes, in the Answer Run game and inside story missions. If they get stuck, they get a hint and a worked example; if they’re flying, the questions get harder. Parents see how they’re doing in the parent area.
Practise classifying living things in BrightWorld
BrightWorld starts at your child’s level with a quick, fun check, then adapts as they learn. No ads, no strangers, and you see what they’ve learned.
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BrightWorld starts at your child’s level with a quick, fun check, then adapts as they learn. No ads, no strangers, and you see what they’ve learned.
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