Cut-out cards Matching sheet

Animal Characteristics

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Write the letter of the matching definition next to each term.

1. Habitat
A. Dense coat of fine silky hairs on mammals
2. Diet
B. Belonging to or active during the night
3. Interesting
C. A very young child who has not yet begun to walk or talk (plural)
4. Subheading
D. Oval foods laid by hens
5. Appearance
E. A prominent attribute or aspect of something (plural)
6. Description
F. Any warm-blooded vertebrate having the skin more or less covered with hair
7. Behaviour
G. Outward or visible aspect of a person or thing
8. Movement
H. A prominent attribute or aspect of something (plural)
9. Classification
I. To excite the curiosity of
10. Babies
J. The light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds (plural)
11. Pouch
K. Tall plants with trunks and leaves
12. Mammal
L. The most primitive mammals comprising the only extant members of the subclass Prototheria
13. Monotreme
M. A heading of a subdivision of a text
14. Fur
N. A message received and understood
15. Feathers
O. A piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred (plural)
16. Leaves
P. A change of position that does not entail a change of location
17. Trees
Q. Green parts of a tree that fall in autumn
18. Burrows
R. The type of environment in which an organism or group normally lives or occurs
19. Eggs
S. The food and drink a person usually has
20. Nocturnal
T. Restriction imposed by the government on documents or weapons that are available only to certain
21. Facts
U. Saclike structure in any of various animals
22. Information
V. The aggregate of the responses or reactions or movements made by an organism in any situation
23. Features
W. A hole made by an animal, usually for shelter (plural)
24. Characteristics
X. A statement that represents something in words