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Animal Reproduction

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The process of producing offspring
a)
Reproduction
b)
Copulation
c)
Parturition
d)
Fertilization
2.
Requires two parents
a)
sexual
b)
asexual
3.
What is reproduction?
a)
When your the only one in your family.
b)
When to pizzas are eaten.
c)
Biological process by which new offspring are produced from their parents.
4.
amphibian, sexual reproduction, external fertilization
a)
frog
b)
star fish
c)
platypus
d)
hydra
5.
Which of the following terms is another term for innate?
a)
instinct
b)
learned
c)
trial and error
d)
copying
6.
An octopus can change its color to match its surroundings. This is an example of which type of behavior?
a)
camouflage
b)
mimicry
c)
cooperative behavior
d)
estivation
7.
Which of the following is an example of an animal using chemical communication?  
a)
pheromone production
b)
social grooming
c)
making an alarm call
d)
showing teeth as a sign of agression
8.
Why is a spider spinning a web an innate behavior?
a)
It learns how to spin the web from its mother.
b)
It learns how to spin a web through insight learning.  
c)
It is born knowing how to spin a web.
d)
It learns how to spin a web through observational learning.
9.
Michael went to the circus and saw a seal balance a beach ball on its nose.  This is an example of a...
a)
instinct
b)
mimicry
c)
camouflage
d)
learned behavior
10.
(6-3.5) Some male birds perform elaborate dances in order to attract females. This is an example of _______.
a)
camouflage
b)
insight
c)
courtship
d)
mimicry
11.
This is a response to cold and is when the body shakes to turn energy into body heat:
a)
shivering
b)
blinking
c)
sweating
d)
panting
12.
What is it called when a newborn animal recognizes and foollows the first moving object it sees? 
a)
shivering
b)
inherited behaviors
c)
instincts
d)
 imprinting
13.
Which of the following is a characteristic shared by all animals?
a)
Their bodies have many cells
b)
They eat plants
c)
They reproduce asexually
d)
They have skeletons
14.
How is sprem created.
a)
In the males ovaries?
b)
In the woman's ovaries?
c)
In the males testes?
d)
In the woman's testes?
15.
How is reproduction classified?
a)
Pizza to Pizza?
b)
Asecual and secual?
c)
Asexuql and sexuql?
d)
Asexual and sexual?
16.
Carrying a developing baby in the female body
a)
fertilization
b)
pregnant
c)
menstruation
17.
The union of egg cell and sperm
a)
fertilization
b)
sperm
c)
fallopian tubes
18.
This is a period of deep sleep that occurs in some animals when outside temperatures are cold: ______
a)
hibernation
b)
migration
19.
1. What is an adaptation?
a)
A characterisitic that helps an animal survie.
b)
The genetic code in the DNA.
c)
A theory that all organisms are connected and come from a distant relative.
20.
Grasshopper cannot be easily seen on green leaves. How has this adaptation allowed grasshoppers to be successful? 
a)
a.They can be easily seen by predators
b)
a.They can find food more easily 
c)
a.They are not attacked by predators, and can reproduce
21.
A Porcupine has SHARP QUILLS.  Why?
a)
to protect itself
b)
to keep warm
c)
to kill its prey
d)
to cover its skin