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All Living Things

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Frogs and turtles continue to grow throughout their lives. The size of a frog or turtle depends on _______.

a)

weather

b)

the age and food supply

c)

soil

d)

the sun and carbon dioxide levels

2.

An animal whose parents do not stay with them when they are young tend to have many offspring at one time to _______.

a)

release more clones

b)

germinate more seeds

c)

regulate the temperature

d)

have enough offspring survive

3.

In the adult stage, animals feed themselve and have ______.

a)

seeds

b)

spores

c)

offspring

d)

clones

4.

Eventually animals enter into the adult stage of life. Adult animals are able to _______.

a)

clone themselves

b)

produce their own food within their own body

c)

swim and crawl, bu not walk or run

d)

feed themselves and have offspring

5.

Mammals are animals that feed and protect their ______.

a)

offspring

b)

seeds

c)

spores

d)

clones

6.

At which stage of the frog's life cycle does the animal depend on gills to breathe?

a)

egg

b)

adult frog

c)

tadpole

d)

froglet

7.

A _____ completely changes its physical appearance during its life stages.

a)

dog

b)

frog

c)

snake

d)

rat

8.

A butterfly _______ during its life stages.

a)

completely changes its physical appearance

b)

does not change its physical appearance

c)

always flies

d)

never mates

9.

If plants and animals, offspring show many traits of their ______.

a)

parents

b)

niche

c)

community

d)

prey

10.

If a beagle dog and a pug dog have offspring, what will the offspring look like?

a)

just a beagle

b)

just a pug

c)

a combination of beagle and pug

d)

a poodle

11.

How are inherited traits of a horse passed?

a)

from the offspring to an adult male horse and a female lion

b)

from an adult male horse and a female lion to the offspring

c)

from the offspring to an adult male horse and female horse

d)

from an adult male horse and a female horse to the offspring

12.

How are inherited traits, which include features and behaviors, passed?

a)

from species to environment

b)

from offspring to parent

c)

from parent to offspring

d)

from niche to niche

13.

____ traits, which include features and behaviors, are those passed from parents to offspring.

a)

Learned

b)

Inherited

c)

Structured

d)

Controlled

14.

Some traits are NOT inherited because most plant organisms ____ and change through out their life to survive.

a)

become extinct

b)

move to another environment

c)

adapt to the environment

d)

decompose

15.

Why are some traits NOT inherited?

a)

An offspring needs to be similar to its parents.

b)

Organisms adapt to the environment and change throughout their life to survive.

c)

Parents assist their offspring by passing down their traits to their offspring.

d)

Organisms look like other organisms in the same species.