Science Unit 9 Assessment

How can a thick layer of fat help an animal?

• It helps keep the animal dry.

• It keeps the animal warm.

• It protects the animal from being eaten.

Where do living things get energy at the beginning of every food chain?

• from plants

• from the sun

• from animals

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Which animal is adapted to a cold, wet environment?

• giraffe

• penguin

• snake

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___________ is a powder that flowers need to make seeds.

• pollen

• penguin

• cocoa powder

An ___________ is all the living and nonliving things in a place.

• basic need

• adaptation

• environment

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True or False.

Oxygen is a liquid animals need in order to survive.

• True

• False

True or False.

A food chain shows how energy moves from plants to animals.

• True

• False

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An ___________ is something that helps a living thing survive in its environment.

• basic need

• adaptation

• environment

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Which of the following is an adaptation of this plant that protects it from being eaten by animals?

• thick layer of fat

• thorns

• long beaks

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Which of the following is an adaptation of skunks that helps protect them from predators?

• thick layer of fat

• thorns

• bad smell

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