Q2 Science Checkpoint

Catfish have very sensitive skin. Their skin has taste buds that can taste the water around them to find their prey. Which important piece of information about how catfish sense their prey is missing from the description above?

• The sense of taste must travel to the prey before the catfish can detect its prey.

• The sense of taste must travel to the brain before the catfish can sense its prey.

• The sense of taste must travel to its eyes before the catfish can sense its prey.

• The sense of taste must travel to its ears before the catfish can sense its prey.

People can see in no light.

• True

• False

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Why is light necessary for a person to see?

• Light is reflected off of the surface of an object and then the eyes can see the object.

• Light is absorbed off the surface of an object then the eyes can see the object.

• The eyes convert light into an object that can be see against shadows.

• Light is not necessary to see when its dark outside.

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I put a mealworm under a clear plastic cup and put it in my lizard's cage. What sense is being blocked?

• sight

• hearing

• taste

• smell

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As conservation biologists we found out that people cut down a bunch of trees in a forest where a specific bird lived. We asked them not to cut down any more trees. How did we help the bird?

• We observed the function of the bird.

• We protected it's environment.

• We studied its wings.

• We caught them and relocated them.

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What is one structure of a bear's body that helps it survive?

• babies

• cave

• sharp teeth

• hunting

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Which of the following best explains why owls have large eyes?

• To be able to hear their prey

• To be able to smell their prey

• To be able to see their prey

• To help them find plants to eat.