Science-Year 5 and 6

What is an adaptation?

• A feature that helps only a plant grow

• qA feature that helps a living thing survive.

• qA feature that helps a living thing walk.

• A feature that that helps only animals survive

Physical adaptations are

• Are the way an organism behave

• The internal functioning of an organism

• Body parts that help a living thing survive in its environment

• Behaviors that help a living thing survive in its environment

The differences among a species, like different bird beaks, are called

• Genes

• Traits

• Variations

• Theories

Some kinds of fish live most of their lives in salt water but lay their eggs in freshwater. Their ability to survive in different environments is an example of

(a)  

Over time, sand on the shores where the turtles lay their eggs has darkened. The environment is more favorable to the dark colored turtles so the darker colored turtle population increases while the lighter turtle population decreases.

• Natural selection

• Competition

• Variation

• adaptation

These moths are all the same species. The differences between their wings is an example of

• Natural Selection

• Variation

• Homeostasis

• Extinction

Which one is a habitat

• Garden

• Skyscrapers

• Museum

• Factory

Which is the primary source of energy in this food chain?

• The consumer

• The Sun

• The Producer

• Decomposer

WHICH IS THE ODD ONE OUT?

• HIP BONE

• RIB

• JAW BONE

• SKIN

Animals that have skeletons on the outside of their body are called

• endoskeletons

• skeletons

• exoskeletons

• weird