Tails

Tails

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This task is about explaining how different animals use their tails.
Animals use their tails in many different ways.
Write down the name of the animal that each tail belongs to. Then explain how the animal uses their tail.

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a)
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Animal
 
How the animal uses its tail 

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b)
Animal 
How the animal uses its tail  

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c)
 Animal
How the animal uses its tail

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d)
Animal
How the animal uses its tail
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This task can be completed with pencil and paper or online (with NO auto-marking).
Level:
2
Curriculum info: 
Science, Knowledge, Living World
Keywords: 
Life processes, animals, adaptation, tails
Description of task: 
Diagrams of four different vertebrate tails are illustrated. Students are required to name an animal that has each type of tail, and then explain how the animal uses this type of tail.
Making Better Sense: 
Vertebrates
Answers/responses: 

 

Y4 (06/2002)
a)

Fish
Uses the tail for movement/balance.

 easy
b)

Monkey
Uses the tail to swing from tree to tree/to hang onto or from trees/as an extra limb.
or
Possum
Uses its tail for balance/to hang onto branches or trees.
or
Any other acceptable answer.

 easy
c)

Cow
Uses its tail to stop flies, etc., from landing on its rear.
or
Uses its tail to remove flies, etc., from its body.
or
Protection of its hind region.

 moderate
d)

Bird
Uses tail for balance/changing direction when flying/help it fly.

 easy