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Classifying Animals
Classifying Plants
Energy in Food Chain
Adapt to Survive!
100
Lauren was surprised to read that some kinds of reptiles, the temperature of the eggs in the nest determines whether they hatch as males or females. Which statement explains this?
A. The genes of an animal completely determine its appearance and behavior.
B. Although the characteristics of animals are inherited, the environment can also affect some of them.
C. The environment has a much greater influence over the way an animal looks and acts, than its genes do.
D. Temperature is the only environmental factor that can change a characteristic an animal has inherited.
B. Although the characteristics of animals are inherited, the environment can also affect some of them.
100
Animals that do not have a backbone.
A. Vertebrate
B. Invertebrate
C. Reptile
D. Arthropod
B. Invertebrate
100
A lemon tree and banana tree both produce fruit. How are these two trees alike?
A. They will have flowers
B. They grow in water
C. They have no leaves
D. They have very small leaves
A. They will have flowers
100
Plants get their food by which of the following ways?
A. Making it from sunlight
B Eating other plants
C. Absorbing it from the soil
D. Taking nutrients from the air
A. Making it from sunlight
100
Place the following organisms in a food web. Use arrows to represent the flow of energy.
grass, rabbit, wolf, flower, frog, insect, snake
A. Sun → grass and flower → insect → frog → snake → rabbit → wolf
B. Sun → grass and flower → frog → insect→ snake → rabbit → wolf
C. wolf→ grass and flower → insect → frog → snake → rabbit → sun
D. Sun → rabbit → insect → frog → snake → grass and flower→ wolf
A. Sun → grass and flower → insect → frog → snake → rabbit → wolf
200
Cineraria is a plant that grows well in winter. They only grow to be two feet high and range in color from white to pink, to purplish red, to blue. They thrive in dark places, a garden, or in a flower pot on your front porch. Why are these flowers able to bloom during winter?
A. These flowers can bloom with less sunlight.
B. These flowers only bloom every few years.
C. These flowers bloom with warmer air.
D. These flowers only bloom with clear skies.
A. These flowers can bloom with less sunlight.
200
An invertebrate with a segmented body
A. Vertebrate
B. Invertebrate
C. Reptile
D. Arthropod
D. Arthropod
200
What do all flowering plants make when they reproduce?
A. Seeds
B. Soil
C. Stems
D. Water
A. Seeds
200
The diagram shows an ocean food web.
Which of the following correctly describes the flow of energy through the food web?
A. Cord grass → grass shrimp → sheepshead minnow → otter
B. Herring gull → blue crab → periwinkle→ cord grass
C. Sheepshead minnow → blue crab → herring gull → otter
D. Periwinkle → diamondback terrapin→ blue crab→ otter
A. Cord grass → grass shrimp → sheepshead minnow → otter
200
Which is a herbivore?
A. Deer
B. Beaver
C. Squirrel
D. Cow
D. Cow
300
Snakes are animals that do not stay active in winter. During winter they go into a resting phase. Their heart rate, breathing, and body temperature decrease in order to save energy.
A. The sun is too bright.
B. The snakes have no legs.
C. It rains less of ten.
D. There is less food.
D. There is less food.
300
An animal that has a backbone
A. Vertebrate
B. Invertebrate
C. Reptile
D. Arthropod
A. Vertebrate
300
Shannon found a leaf on the playground during recess. When she got back to class, she used a hand lens to observe the leaf better.
A. Plants that produce spores
B. Plants with no leaves
C. Plants that produce fruit
D. Plants that grow in snow
A. Plants that produce spores
300
Humans, lions, puppies, and squirrels are all examples of consumers. Which of the following is a characteristic that all consumers have in common?
A. They eat only plants and other plantlike producers.
B. They require the sun's energy to make food.
C. They maintain energy levels through photosynthesis.
D. They get their energy by eating other organisms.
D. They get their energy by eating other organisms.
300
What is energy?
A. Any living thing
B. A community of living and non-living things in their natural environment
C. What is needed to do work or cause change
D. Coffee
C. What is needed to do work or cause change
400
Brock and Shelia were doing the same experiment. They wanted to know which type of paper absorbs the most water. Shelia used different-sized pieces of paper towel, toilet paper, and notebook paper. She weighed each type of paper before and after they were placed in water. Brock followed the same steps, but the three types of paper in his experiment were all the same size. How will their results most likely compare?
A. Their results will be the same because they tested the same three types of paper.
B. Their results will be different because they did not work together on the experiment.
C. Their results will be the same because only one thing was different in their experiment.
D. Their results will be different because Shelia did not use the same size pieces of paper.
D. Their results will be different because Shelia did not use the same size pieces of paper.
400
A vertebrate that is cold-blooded, with lungs and scales
A. Vertebrate
B. Invertebrate
C. Reptile
D. Arthropod
C. Reptile
400
External features that can be seen:
A. Plants
B. Seeds
C. Physical Characteristics
D. Flowering
C. Physical Characteristics
400
Animals, including humans, get the energy they need by doing which of the following?
A. Getting exercise
B. Consuming food
C. Finding shelter
D. Sleeping at night
B. Consuming food
400
What does an omnivore eat?
A. Plants
B. Pasta
C. Berries
D. Soup
C. Berries
500
Connor thinks that building a model of an erupting volcano using baking soda and vinegar is an example of an experiment. Alissa says it is not an experiment. Which student is correct and why?
A. Alissa, because variables are not identified
B. Alissa, because models cannot be used in investigations
C. Connor, because the investigation will be repeated more than once
D. Connor, because other scientists have done this investigation in the past
A. Alissa, because variables are not identified
500
Nate has to do a research project about animals that give birth to live young. Which of these animals would be the best choice for him to research?
A. Mammals
B. Birds
C. Fish
D. Reptiles
A. Mammals
500
Development in producing buds in a flower
A. Plants
B. Seeds
C. Physical Characteristics
D. Flowering
D. Flowering
500
Animals not able to produce their own food are required to eat plants or other animals. Eating provides animals with which of the following necessities for survival?
A. Protection against predators
B. Energy to live and move
C. Shelter from the environment
D. Mates for reproduction
B. Energy to live and move
500
What is needed for photosynthesis?
A. Coal
B. Limestone
C. Sun
D. Grass
C. Sun