Organisms Test 4th grade

Which of the following is an inherited trait?

• Bouncing a basketball
• blue eyes
• swimming
• learning to eat

Which of the following is an example of how a young animal might learn a behavior?

• Watching a parent hunt for food.
• Eating a bad tasting plant.
• Getting a reward for fetching a ball.
• All of the other answer choices are correct.

Which adaptation might help protect a plant from being eaten?

• a flower that looks like a bee
• a waxy coating
• a substance that attracts insects
• a thorny stem

Which statement best describes metamorphosis?

• An animal's babies hatch from eggs.
• An animal grows larger
• An animal changes body form during its life cycle.
• An animal dies without reproducing.

A goat has the following qualities:  blue eyes, brown and white fur, and is short.  What word best describes these qualities?

• Characteristics
• Factors
• Adaptations
• Talents

Which of the following best describes the life cycle of a typical plant?

• mature plant, seed, and seedling
• young plant, seedling, adult plant, and seed
• seedling, seed, and mature plant
• seed, seedling, and mature plant

Which of the following best describes different animal life cycles?

• All babies look just like their parents.
• All babies change form as they grow
• Some babies look just like their parents, and others change as they grow.
• None of the other choices are correct.

Over many generations, an inherited characteristic that helps an animal survive and reproduce is called?

• harmful mutation
• physical structure
• adaptation
• natural selection

Which of the following would you classify as a structural adaptation of an animal?

• The long, skinny beak of a hummingbird.
• The sharp claws of a bear.
• The webbed feet of an otter.
• ^{All of the other answer choices are correct.}

Which of the following is not a vertebrate:

• humans
• parakeet
• spider
• monkey