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WorksheetsWeek 3 - animal adaptations and classification
Total questions: 43
Worksheet time: 14mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
1. What is an adaptation?
a)
A feature or behavior that helps an animal survie.
b)
The food that an animal eats.
c)
How energy moves in a food web.
2.
This is a period of deep sleep that occurs in some animals when outside temperatures are cold: ______
a)
hibernation
b)
migration
3.
How do adaptations help animals?
a)
To hide from predators
b)
to hunt for food
c)
to survive in their habitats
d)
All of these are correct
4.
Why do some animals hibernate?
a)
The cold weather makes them sleepy.
b)
Their food supply is smaller in the winter.
c)
They have no one to play with.
5.
An animal's color or pattern that helps it blend into its surroundings
a)
Environment
b)
Mimicry
c)
Camouflage
6.
Which adaptation would NOT help a hawk catch a mouse?
a)
Hollow Bones
b)
Good eye sight
c)
Talons
d)
Camouflage
7.
Which of these BEST describes how some birds survive when the weather gets cold?
a)
a. They store twigs and sticks in their nest
b)
b. They migrate to a warmer climate
c)
c. They grow more feathers to stay warm in the winter
d)
d. They hide in bushes and wait for warm weather
8.
Lions often hide in the tall grass while stalking their prey. This is an example of...
a)
camouflage
b)
warning coloration
c)
mimicry
d)
hibernation
9.
What type of animal spends its entire life under water, has fins, and breathes using gills
a)
amphibian
b)
fish
c)
bird
d)
reptile
10.
What type of animal has dry scaly skin and lays its eggs on land?
a)
fish
b)
amphibian
c)
reptile
d)
mammal
11.
What is the only type of animal that has feathers?
a)
bird
b)
mammal
c)
amphibian
d)
reptiles
12.
What type of animal has fur and feeds its young with milk?
a)
birds
b)
reptiles
c)
amphibians
d)
mammals
13.
What type of animal spends part of its life in water and part on land and lays its eggs in water?
a)
amphibians
b)
reptiles
c)
birds
d)
fish
14.
Which type of animal goes through a metamorphosis (body change)?
a)
bird
b)
mammal
c)
reptile
d)
amphibian
15.
What classification of animals do humans belong to?
a)
fish
b)
mammals
c)
reptiles
d)
amphibians
16.
What classification of animals are vertebrae (have a backbone)?
a)
birds only
b)
reptiles only
c)
reptiles and birds but not mammals and fish
d)
mammals, fish, reptiles, amphibians, and birds
17.
Which animal is warm blooded?
a)
reptiles
b)
fish
c)
mammals
d)
amphibians
18.
Cold blooded animals
a)
Make their own heat
b)
Are the temperature of their surroundings
c)
Have blue blood
d)
Are a type of plant
19.
This is a
a)
bird
b)
fish
c)
mammal
d)
reptile
20.
This is a
a)
Reptile
b)
fish
c)
amphibian
d)
mammal
21.
This is a
a)
Reptile
b)
Fish
c)
Mammal
d)
Amphibian
22.
This is a
a)
Reptile
b)
Fish
c)
Mammal
d)
Amphibian
23.
This is a
a)
Reptile
b)
Bird
c)
Mammal
d)
Fish
24.
Which animals are NOT classified as vertebrates?
a)
birds
b)
reptiles
c)
arthropods
d)
mammals
25.
How are dogs and iguanas similar?
a)
They are both warm-blooded
b)
They both have 4 legs
c)
They both give live birth.
d)
They both feed their young milk.
26.
How are reptiles and fish similar?
a)
They are warm cold-blooded.
b)
They both breathe through gills.
c)
They are both cold-blooded.
d)
They are both invertebrates.
27.
Which of the following is true about all vertebrates?
a)
They all have feathers
b)
They all have a backbone
c)
They are all mammals
d)
They all take care of their babies
28.
Which of the following is not a vertebrate animal group?
a)
Amphibians
b)
Reptiles
c)
Insects
d)
Mammals
29.
Why are fish classified as vertebrates?
a)
They can live in water only
b)
They have scales
c)
They have a backbone
d)
All of the above
30.
Which animal does not belong?
a)
dog
b)
cat
c)
starfish
d)
fish
31.
Why are living things sorted into groups?
a)
To make it easy to sell them
b)
To make them easier to study
c)
To make them easier to look at
d)
All of the above
32.
Which is a difference between a warm blooded and a cold blooded organism?
a)
cold blooded live in cold places
b)
warm blooded need it warm
c)
cold blooded get their heat from the sun
d)
warm blooded get their heat from the sun
33.
Which of the following has a soft body and can live on land or in water?
a)
bird
b)
amphibian
c)
mammals
d)
fish
34.
How would you classify the following organism?
1. They breathe with lungs
2. Their babies hatch from eggs
3. They are cold blooded
4. They have dry and tough skin
1. They breathe with lungs
2. Their babies hatch from eggs
3. They are cold blooded
4. They have dry and tough skin
a)
fish
b)
reptile
c)
amphibian
d)
bird
35.
Classify the following organism that Nick discovered:
1. does not have lungs
2. lays eggs
3. lives only in water
4. has scales
1. does not have lungs
2. lays eggs
3. lives only in water
4. has scales
a)
mammal
b)
fish
c)
amphibian
d)
bird
36.
A place where plants and animals live and grow naturally is called a ______________.
a)
shelter
b)
tree
c)
habitat
d)
organism
37.
What helps animals blend in with their environment?
a)
Reproduce
b)
Migrate
c)
Hibernate
d)
Camouflage
38.
Animals have what basic needs?
a)
food, love and water
b)
shelter, food and a collar
c)
cage, water, and love
d)
food, water and shelter
39.
Which habitat is very dry, has very little plant life, and is too hot to support many animals?
a)
Stream
b)
Forest
c)
Desert
d)
Polar Region
40.
A habitat with many trees with leaves that change with the color of the season is called a ___________________.
a)
forest
b)
rainforest
c)
tundra
d)
savanna
41.
Fish, dolphins, whales, sea turtles, and plants live here. What habitat is this describing?
a)
Stream
b)
Polar Region
c)
Rainforest
d)
Ocean
42.
What type of animal would NOT live here?
a)
Polar bear
b)
Horse
c)
Seals
d)
Penguin
43.
Animals in deserts must be able to endure very hot temperatures.
a)
True
b)
False
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