Science Quiz: Staying Alive

What are the characteristics of mammals?

• Gills, scales, live in water, lay eggs

• Warm-blooded, body hair, they have babies

• Body in three parts, six legs, lay eggs

• Cold-blooded, feathers, lay eggs

What are the characteristics of insects?

• Gills, scales, live in water, lay eggs

• Warm-blooded, body hair, they have babies

• Cold-blooded, feathers, lay eggs

• Body in three parts, six legs, lay eggs

What are the characteristics of birds?

• Warm-blooded, body hair, they have babies

• Body in three parts, six legs, lay eggs

• Cold-blooded, feathers, lay eggs

• Gills, scales, live in water, lay eggs

What are the characteristics of fish?

• Body in three parts, six legs, lay eggs

• Cold-blooded, feathers, lay eggs

• Warm-blooded, body hair, they have babies

• Gills, scales, live in water, lay eggs

What are the characteristics of reptiles?

• Gills, scales, live in water, lay eggs

• Warm-blooded, body hair, they have babies

• Body in three parts, six legs, lay eggs

• Cold-blooded, feathers, lay eggs

What are the characteristics of amphibians?

• Warm-blooded, body hair, they have babies

• Gills, scales, live in water, lay eggs

• Body in three parts, six legs, lay eggs

• Live on land and in water, cold-blooded, lay eggs

How does the chicken’s body change from chick to adult?

• It grows scales and becomes cold-blooded

• It grows feathers and becomes warm-blooded

• It grows legs and loses its tail

• It grows claws and becomes a predator

List three things that change as you grow up.

• Number of siblings, favorite subject, favorite sport

• Favorite color, favorite food, favorite movie

• Height, weight, shoe size

• Hair color, eye color, shoe size

Name some animals that only eat plants.

• Rabbit, deer, cow

• Eagle, hawk, owl

• Wolf, fox, bear

• Lion, tiger, cheetah

Why is corn the producer?

• Because it lives in water and has scales

• Because it has feathers and lays eggs

• Because it eats other living things

• Because it uses sunlight to make its own food