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WorksheetsLife Science Unit Test
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
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Class
Date
1.
What does reproduction do for plants and animals?
a)
It helps each kind of plant and animal find food.
b)
It helps each kind of plant and animal find water.
c)
It lets each kind of plant and animal continue to live on Earth.
d)
It helps each kind of plant and animal find shelter.
2.
Which of these is a trait?
a)
Height
b)
Body Shape
c)
Hair Color
d)
All the above.
3.
What can you infer about the parents of a bird with a curved beak?
a)
The parents also have curved beaks.
b)
The parents did not feed their young enough.
c)
The parents groomed the young until its beak curved.
d)
The parents taught the bird how to shape its beak.
4.
What may cause a trees branches to grow in different directions?
a)
Inherited trait to bend
b)
Acquired traits from strong winds
c)
Growing trait passed on from parent trees
d)
Not enough sunlight
5.
Why do plants and animals of the same type look somewhat different?
a)
Learning
b)
Different life cycles
c)
They have identical inherited traits
d)
They have some different inherited traits
6.
What is the life cycle of a frog?
a)
egg-tadpole-young frog-adult
b)
egg-young frog-tadpole-adult
c)
egg-young frog-adult-tadpole
d)
egg-adult-young frog-tadpole
7.
What are inherited traits?
a)
The habits an animal learns from an environment
b)
Characteristics offspring get from the environment
c)
Characteristics passed down from parents to offspring
d)
What parents teach offspring to do
8.
What acquired traits do flamingos get from their environment?
a)
Curved bills
b)
Long legs
c)
Coloring
d)
Grouping
9.
What trait is NOT passed down from parent to offspring?
a)
Acquired trait
b)
Inherited trait
c)
Shape of a bird's beak
d)
Coloring
10.
What can you conclude about the different shapes of the bills of ducks and flamingos?
a)
It is based on what they eat
b)
They change based on where the birds live
c)
They are shaped differently because they function differently
d)
Duck bills work better than flamingo bills
11.
What can you infer about an environment where flamingos are almost all white?
a)
The flamingos do not have pink parents
b)
A certain kind of food is missing from their diet
c)
They have learned a behavior of cleaning their feathers
d)
They eat only white food
12.
How does the red pouch on his throat and opening his wings wide help a male frigate bird?
a)
It helps the male bird scare away predators
b)
It helps the male bird attract a mate
c)
It helps the male bird teach its offspring how to dance
d)
It helps the male bird find food
13.
Which of the following explains why all of the puppies in one litter do not look alike?
a)
The mother cares only for puppies that look like her
b)
The puppies inherited different information from their parents
c)
The males will look like the father and the females will look like their mother
d)
The mother will decide after the puppies are born what they will look like
14.
What can you infer about an environment where the grass is short and brown?
a)
The environment has everything the grass needs
b)
The environment does not have what the grass needs
c)
The plant has too much space
d)
The grass is healthy
15.
How does a white fox have the advantage of surviving in winter?
a)
The whiter coat keeps it cooler
b)
The whiter coat makes it stand out to ward off predators
c)
The whiter coat helps it hide while hunting food
d)
The whiter coat helps it find a mate
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