Year 2 Animals Including Humans Worksheet - Beginner

Year 2 Animals Including Humans worksheet for Year 2 (Key Stage 1 / Year 1-2 (Ages 5-7)). Beginner level science practice, aligned to the UK National Curriculum. Print-ready with answer key included.

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Growing Up Healthy: Animals Including Humans

Year 2 Science • Ages 6–7 • Beginner

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Instructions: Read each activity carefully and write your answers in the boxes. Use the clues in the short story and word bank to help you. Think about what animals need, how their young grow, and how people stay healthy.

Young Animals and Their Adults

Match each young animal to its adult. Draw a line from each young animal to the correct adult. The adult names are in a different order, so look carefully.

Draw a line to match each one

lamb

chicken

chick

cow

duckling

sheep

calf

duck

What Animals Need

Choose the best answer for each question. Animals need these things to survive. Circle one answer for each question.

1. What do animals need to drink?

2. What do animals need to breathe?

3. What gives animals energy?

4. What can help keep an animal safe and dry?

A Young Animal Grows

Read the short story. Then answer each question using the story and what you know. Write one word or a short answer in each box.

A hen lays eggs in a nest. A chick hatches from an egg. The hen keeps the chick warm and helps it find food. As the chick grows, it becomes an adult chicken.

1. What hatches from an egg?

2. Where does the hen lay her eggs?

3. What does the chick grow into?

Healthy Habits

Choose the healthy habit that best completes each question. Think about moving your body, eating a range of foods and keeping clean.

1. Which activity gives your body exercise?

2. Which choice is a healthy snack?

3. What should you do before eating?

4. What helps keep your teeth clean?

Choose What Living Things Need

Write the correct word from the word bank in each box. Each word is used once. These are basic needs that help animals survive.

Word bank: food, water, air, shelter

1. Animals need ___ for energy.

2. Animals need ___ to drink.

3. Animals need ___ to breathe.

4. Animals may use a ___ to stay safe.

Healthy Choices: True or False?

Read each sentence. Write True if it describes a healthy choice and False if it does not. Remember that people need exercise, healthy food and good hygiene.

1. Washing your hands before eating helps keep you clean.

2. Exercise helps keep your body healthy.

3. Eating only sweets is a healthy way to eat.

4. Brushing your teeth is part of good hygiene.

Answer Key

Activity 1: lamb–sheep ; chick–chicken ; duckling–duck ; calf–cow

Activity 2: Water ; Air ; Food ; A shelter

Activity 3: A chick ; In a nest ; An adult chicken

Activity 4: Running ; An apple ; Wash your hands ; Brushing them

Activity 5: food ; water ; air ; shelter

Activity 6: True ; True ; False ; True