WorksheetsAnimal Unit Test Review
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 13mins
Why do these birds have different shaped beaks?
To escape different predators
To move different ways
To obtain different food
To build different habitats
A student observes a group of animals that are the same species but seem to have different characteristics. The animals are all ectothermic but some have gills and are swimming, while others have lungs and are walking on land.
What type of animal is she most likely observing?
FIsh
Amphibians
Birds
Reptiles
The table shows the classification of several types of ferns.
Which fern is most closely related to the Diamond Fern?
Puerto Rico Fern
Alpine Fern
California Sword Fern
Plantae Fern
Sarah finds a new living organism. She claims that it is plant . Which of the following of the following is the best evidence that it is a plant?
It is an autotroph
It is a heterotroph
It reproduces sexually
It responds to stimuli
An animal is observed to have feathers. It has two wings but cannot fly. It lays eggs and breathes with lungs.
What type of animal is it?
Fish
Bird
Reptile
Amphibians
The animal pictured eats mice by tearing them apart and then consuming them.
Which physical structures allow the bird to do this?
Feathers and bones
Head and teeth
Beak and claws
Wings and tail
What common method are all of the animals pictured using to defend themselves in their environment?
Ability to change its size
Camouflage
Structures to obtain resources
Structures for movement
Shown is the data Mrs. Jones collected when she surveyed the students in her science class about what type of animals they had as pets.
What type of graph would she use to represent the data?
Bar Graph
Line Graph
Pictograph
Circle Graph
Which of the following hypotheses does the data best support?
Goldfish are endothermic and increasing temperatures increases activity
Goldfish are ectothermic and decreasing temperatures decrease activity
Goldfish are ectothermic and decreasing temperatures increase activity
Goldfish are endothermic and decreasing temperatures decrease activity
A student is observing a group of unknown organisms. They have jointed legs, segmented bodies and an exoskeleton. To which group of animals do they most likely belong?
Mollusk
Echinoderm
Arthropod
Segmented Worm
In cold weather, an alligator may not eat for several weeks but a lion must eat its weight in food every 7-10 days.
Why does the lion need to eat on a regular basis while the alligator does not?
The lion must produce milk, while the alligator produces eggs.
The lion must run long distances, while the alligator can swim.
The alligator needs more energy to maintain a constant body temperature.
The lion needs more energy to maintain a constant body temperature.
Many species live in large groups, such as a school of fish. The behavior is called grouping. One of the advantages of grouping is that it provides protection from predators.
How can grouping protect individuals in a school of fish from a predator?
The large school of fish will be much harder for the predator to find.
The predator can be confused by the large number of fish.
The school of fish will turn into predators and begin hunting larger organisms.
The predator will want to socialize with the large school of fish.
What is the advantage of having brightly colored feathers for some birds?
to hunt prey
to aid them in flight
to hide from predators
to help them find a mate
Which of the following claims would apply to all living organisms?
They require energy to grow and develop.
They absorb carbon dioxide and release oxygen.
They share the same kingdom and phylum.
They begin as the offspring of two parents.
Which of the following describes how an autotroph obtains food?
A mushroom absorbing nutrients from another organism.
A slime mold absorbing nutrients from the soil.
A cone snail digesting a fish.
A rose bush producing sugar in its leaves.
A frog lives in a pond in northern portion of the United States.
Why does the frog bury itself in the mud at the bottom of the pond during winter months?
to mimic a larger animal
to feed in the mud at the bottom
to hibernate during cold weather
to camouflage itself from predators
Which of the following is the correct order of the levels of classification from broadest to most specific?
Kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species
Species, genus, family, order, class, kingdom, phylum
Species, genus, family, order, class, phylum, kingdom
Kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, species, genus
Which of the following is most likely an instinctive behavior?
Bees constructing a beehive
A wild turkey avoiding hunters
Insects avoiding pesticide spray
A dog fetching a stick
Which of the following is an example of conditioning?
A baby squirrel resembles both its mother and its father in appearance
A young bird learns its mother characteristics and begins to follow her around
A chimpanzee learns that digging with a stick will help it find more insects to eat
A young fish hatches and immediately knows to swim in the water without being taught
Consider the following facts about crows to answer the question.
- Crows eat a variety of foods, including nuts, insects, and plants.
- Most crows build nests in trees from sticks, bark and animal fur.
- Most crows mate in the spring and choose a different mate each year.
- Some crows crack nuts by dropping them in front of moving cars.
Which of the following is a conditioned (or learned) behavior?
Dropping nuts in front of cars
Eating plants and insects
Choosing a different mate each spring
Building nests in trees
A student planned an investigation to determine the effect that temperature would have on the amount of food that lizards eat. She kept a group of lizards in a temperature controlled environment for a week and measured the food they ate. She then repeated the procedure for two more weeks at different temperatures and measured the food they ate.
What is the responding (dependent) variable in her investigation?
Temperature
Food eaten
Lizards
Weeks
Why is the color of the lizard in the thermal image the same color of the background?
The lizard is endothermic and has the same temperature of the background.
The lizard is ectothermic and has the same temperature of the background.
The person holding the lizard in his hand is warming the lizards body.
The person holding the lizard in his hand is cooling the lizards body.
