Animals & Nature · Unit 2
Pets and Farm Animals
The animals we live and work with, and how to care for them
The animals people live alongside are the ones most children meet first, and they are also the product of thousands of years of deliberate breeding - a dog is a wolf reshaped by human preference.
The unit covers common pets and farm animals, the working animals that still do jobs, what caring for an animal actually requires, and how to be safe around animals that do not know you.
This unit breaks down into 19 short steps and 113 questions, starting at difficulty 1 and building to 2. Below you can see exactly what it covers, how the path is structured, and worked examples with explanations.
- Steps
- 19
- Questions
- 113
- Difficulty
- 1-2
What this unit covers
- Farm Animals
- Pets at Home
- Working Animals
- Caring for Animals
- Being Safe with Animals
Where this fits
Early and self-contained. Animal Evolution returns to domestication properly.
Where people slip
Wanting an animal and being able to care for one are different questions. Most pets outlive the enthusiasm that acquired them, which is the main reason shelters are full.
How the unit is structured
Pets and Farm Animals runs as 19 short steps that unlock in order. 14 are practice rounds and 5 are challenge rounds that pull together everything before them. Questions start at difficulty 1 and climb to 2 as you progress.
Challenge rounds
Example questions
30 real questions from this unit, with the answer and the reason behind it, grouped by what they practise. There are 113 in the unit altogether.
Being Safe with Animals
- Choose all that applyLevel 1
1. Which are safe ways to behave around animals? Pick all that apply.
- Move calmly and quietlycorrect
- Ask the owner firstcorrect
- Give the animal spacecorrect
- Pull its ears
Moving calmly, asking first and giving space all keep everyone safe.
- Multiple choiceLevel 1
2. Why should you leave an animal alone while it is eating?
- It may guard its food and snapcorrect
- It might share too much
- It will stop eating for ever
- There is no reason
Many animals guard their food and may snap if disturbed.
- Put in orderLevel 1
3. Put these steps for meeting a new dog in order.
Answer: Ask the owner -> Wait for the dog to come to you -> Let it sniff your hand -> Stroke gently on the shoulder
Ask, wait, offer a hand, then stroke gently on the shoulder.
- Sort into groupsLevel 1
4. Sort each action as safe or not safe around animals.
Answer: Asking before stroking = Safe; Moving slowly and gently = Safe; Grabbing a tail = Not safe; Shouting in an animal's face = Not safe
Calm, respectful behaviour keeps both people and animals safe.
- Build the sentenceLevel 2
5. Build a sentence about shared health.
Answer: Human and animal health are connected
Human and animal health are closely connected.
- Fact or fibLevel 2
6. Most new human infectious diseases have originated in animals.
Answer: True
True, which is why One Health thinking matters.
Caring for Animals
- Choose all that applyLevel 1
7. Which show a pet may be unwell? Pick all that apply.
- Not eatingcorrect
- Hiding away unusuallycorrect
- Sudden changes in behaviourcorrect
- Sleeping in its usual spot
Refusing food, hiding away and unusual behaviour are all warning signs.
- Fact or fibLevel 1
8. An animal shelter can help find a new home for a pet that cannot be kept.
Answer: True
True. Rehoming through a shelter is far safer than releasing an animal.
- Fill the blankLevel 1
9. Looking after a pet every day is a big ____.
- responsibilitycorrect
- holiday
- accident
- surprise
Pets depend on people, so caring for them is a responsibility.
- Put in orderLevel 1
10. Put these daily pet care jobs in a sensible order.
Answer: Check the pet is well -> Give food and fresh water -> Clean the home -> Play or exercise together
Check the animal, give food and water, clean up, then play or exercise.
- True or falseLevel 1
11. Pets need exercise as well as food.
Answer: True
True. Running, walking and playing keep pets healthy.
- Multiple choiceLevel 2
12. Why do vets give pets vaccinations?
- To protect them from diseasecorrect
- To make them grow bigger
- To change their colour
- To stop them eating
Vaccines protect animals from serious diseases.
Farm Animals
- Fact or fibLevel 1
13. A young cow is called a calf.
Answer: True
True. Calves stay close to their mothers.
- Fill the blankLevel 1
14. A building where cows are kept and often milked is a ____.
- barncorrect
- coop
- kennel
- hutch
Barns and milking parlours house dairy cattle.
- Multiple choiceLevel 1
15. Which farm animal gives us milk?
- A cowcorrect
- A chicken
- A sheep
- A duck
Cows are kept on dairy farms for their milk.
- Choose all that applyLevel 2
16. Which are jobs on a livestock farm? Pick all that apply.
- Feeding the animalscorrect
- Checking animals for illnesscorrect
- Moving stock between fieldscorrect
- Teaching them to read
Feeding, checking health and moving animals between fields are all daily work.
- Match the pairsLevel 2
17. Match each farm animal to the name of its young.
Answer: Cow = Calf; Sheep = Lamb; Pig = Piglet; Horse = Foal
Farm animals each have a traditional name for their young.
- Sort into groupsLevel 2
18. Sort each practice by what it mainly aims to improve.
Answer: Outdoor access for hens = Animal welfare; Enrichment for pigs = Animal welfare; Rotational grazing = Land and environment; Reducing fertiliser runoff = Land and environment
Different farming choices target different goals.
Pets at Home
- Fact or fibLevel 1
19. Wild animals make good pets for everyone.
Answer: False
False. Wild animals have needs that homes cannot meet, and they belong in the wild.
- Multiple choiceLevel 1
20. Which of these is a common pet?
- A catcorrect
- A lion
- A shark
- An eagle
Cats are one of the most popular pets in the world.
- Picture questionLevel 1
21. 🐕 Which pet is shown here?
- A dogcorrect
- A cow
- A fish
- A bird
This is a dog, a favourite pet all over the world.
- Choose all that applyLevel 2
22. Which welfare concerns arise from extreme breeding? Pick all that apply.
- Breathing difficultiescorrect
- Joint and spine problemscorrect
- Difficult birthscorrect
- Improved lifespan in every case
Breathing difficulty, joint problems and birth complications are all documented.
- Fill the blankLevel 2
23. Breeding closely related animals repeatedly can cause problems from ____.
- inbreedingcorrect
- overfeeding
- exercise
- vaccination
Inbreeding concentrates harmful genetic variants.
- True or falseLevel 2
24. Every dog breed, from a chihuahua to a great dane, belongs to the same species.
Answer: True
True. The variation comes from selective breeding, not different species.
Working Animals
- Choose all that applyLevel 1
25. Which jobs do trained animals do? Pick all that apply.
- Guiding people who cannot seecorrect
- Herding farm animalscorrect
- Searching for missing peoplecorrect
- Driving buses
Guiding, herding and searching are all real jobs for animals.
- Fill the blankLevel 1
26. Animals that do jobs to help people are called ____ animals.
- workingcorrect
- sleeping
- wild
- tiny
Working animals are trained for particular tasks.
- Type the answerLevel 1
27. Which large animal have people ridden and used to pull carts for thousands of years?
Answer: horse
Horses have carried people and goods across the world.
- Fact or fibLevel 2
28. Working animals need rest, good food and care just like pets.
Answer: True
True. Their welfare matters as much as their work.
- Multiple choiceLevel 2
29. What ethical questions surround working animals?
- Workload, retirement and welfare standards
- None at all
- Only their colour
- Only their names
Workload, retirement, consent and welfare are all debated by researchers and the public.
- True or falseLevel 2
30. Homing pigeons were once used to carry messages over long distances.
Answer: True
True. They were used in both world wars.
Where these questions come from. Each unit starts as a plan of the concepts it should cover and the difficulty it should span. Questions are written against that plan with AI assistance, then checked by a validator that rejects anything without a single defensible answer, an explanation, or plausible wrong options. How we write questions sets out the whole process, and corrections are fixed in the bank and reach the site and the app the same day.
How you practise
This unit mixes 11 different question formats, so you are recalling and applying rather than recognising the same layout every time.
- Build the sentence
- Choose all that apply
- Fact or fib
- Fill the blank
- Match the pairs
- Multiple choice
- Picture question
- Put in order
- Sort into groups
- True or false
- Type the answer
Practise Pets and Farm Animals
113 questions across 19 steps. Start with step one and crawl at your own pace.
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