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Animals and their homes

Lower Primary 6 questions
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What animals and their homes means

You learn to sort animals by where they live and what they eat. This helps you answer simple science questions about homes, young ones, and food types.

What you will practise

  • Match animals to their homes in water, land, nests, or holes.
  • Choose the correct name for a baby animal.
  • Group animals by what they eat, such as plants or other animals.
  • Pick the animal that fits a simple picture or clue.

Before you start

You should already know common animal names and simple words for places, such as water, land, and nest. You should also know a few common foods and basic animal parts.

Not confident yet? Work through Parts of a plant first.

Worked example

One question from this skill's own question bank, shown with its full working.

Question

Which animal lives in water?

  • fish
  • goat
  • hen
  • dog
Answer: fish

Working: Fish live in water and breathe through gills.

Common mistakes to avoid

  • Mixing up an animal and its young one. Learn the adult name and the baby name together.
  • Choosing a home by guesswork. Look at the animal's body and usual place first.
  • Forgetting that some animals eat plants only. Check the food clue before answering.
  • Confusing animals that live on land with animals that live in water. Use the habitat given in the question.

Curriculum and exam alignment

Ghana GES Basic 1 to 3 syllabusSchool-based assessment

This topic normally appears in Lower Primary science lessons on living things and their needs. It supports class exercises, school-based continuous assessment, and end-of-term tests with simple sorting and naming questions.

Curriculum notes are a general guide to where this work normally sits. Always check the syllabus your school or examination body is currently using.

Related skills

Other Lower Primary Plants & Animals skills in Science, at the same point in the course.

Other Science topics

Living Things Around UsSHS SciencesUniversity ScienceBiologyChemistryPhysics

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Exams that assess animals and their homes

Lower Primary work on this skill feeds directly into these exam papers. Each page lists the Science topics that appear on it.

GESGES practice questionsFree GES practice across the subjects at this stage, with worked answers.BECEBECE practice questionsListed as a related subject on the BECE practice page.

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