Vocabulary
The Food Chain
Animal Characteristics
Fill in the Blank
Written Response
(2x points)
100

What hunts and eats another animal?

A predator

100

In the food chain, what passes from one living thing to another?

a. characteristics

b. energy

c. a larva

b. energy

100

What is a characteristic of an insect?

- 6 legs

- wings (usually)

- antennae

- 3 body parts

100

Both a baby spider and an adults spider spin ______ to catch their food.

Webs

100

What are two ways that animals change where they live to meet their needs?

Animals change where they live by storing food and building a shelter.

200

Many parents and their ______ have the same body parts to help them survive.

Offspring

200

What does a food chain begin with?

The sun

200

What does an insect use to know about the world around it?

Its antennae.

200

Scientists classify animals into two main groups: animals with a _____________ and animals without a ___________.

Backbone

200

How can an insect's color or pattern be useful?

The color or pattern can warn other animals not to eat the insect.

The color or pattern can help the insect camouflage with its surroundings. 

300

What stage of a butterfly's life cycle includes it forming a sac?

Pupa

300

Where do plants get their energy from?

The sun

300

What only has 2 body parts?

A spider

300

A tadpole loses its gills and forms _______ to breathe air on land.

Lungs

300

Why are there predators and prey on the earth? (Use the Bible teaching we learned about in your answer.)

After the Fall, animals changed. Now there is death in the world and some animals eat other animals.

400

What type of animal sheds their skin as they grow?

A reptile

400

Where does a squirrel get their energy?

Plants

400

Which body part do amphibians use to take in water?

Their skin

400

Animals live where their _______ can be met.

Needs

400

How did God design animals and where they live to work together so that animals can survive and grow?

God gave the animals places to live and food to eat to survive and grow.

500

What type of animal breathes with gills only when they are young?

An amphibian

500

Where do all animals get their energy?

From the food they eat.

500

What two types of animals have gills as babies?

Fish and amphibians

500

The egg, larva, and pupa do not look like the ________ butterfly.

Adult