Science (Living things)

What are animals?

• Animals are plants
• Animals are multicellular, eukaryotic organisms that form the biological kingdom Animalia.
• Animals are single-celled organisms
• Animals are inanimate objects

You have an experiment at home. You plant four sprouts in the same soil and give them the same amount of water and put them in different places in your house. One in a closet, one in the middle of the living room, one in the bathroom, and one in the window. Why does the plant in the window grow the most?

• It has the best soil.

• It gets the more water

• it receives more sunlight

• The temperature helps it grow

Plants are producers, which means they make their own food. The process of making their food is photosynthesis. What do plants need for photosynthesis?

• sugars

• a house

• soil

• sunlight

Summer is almost here! Which animals will you most likely see during the summer?

• Animals getting ready for hibernation

• Adult animals caring for their young

• ducks flying south

• Birds building their nest

What do animals like cows, horses and deer get from their food when they eat grasses, grains, and hay?

• milk

• sunlight

• energy

• water

How do you know that algae, which is found in water, is a producer?

• Algae performs photosynthesis

• Algae are plant eaters

• Algae eat fish

• Algae break down dead and rotting things

A caterpillar eats leaves from a plant. A bird eats the caterpillar. Where will the bird get his energy from?

• By eating flowers

• By eating fish

• by eating candy

• by eating caterpillars

You are outside and notice several little spouts around other plants. This is the process of germination. In which season will seeds most likely germinate?

• Winter

• Spring

• Fall

• Summer

You go outside and see that several tree's have buds growing on them. During this time of what will you not see outside?

• birds making nest

• fruit ripening on the trees

• birds migrating

• seeds sprouting

Look at this example of a food chain. How is the grass different from the mouse?

• The plant is a producer, and the mouse a consumer.

• The plant is a consumer, and the mouse is a producer.

• The plant is a carnivore, and the mouse a herbivore.

• The plant is a herbivore, and the mouse a carnivore.