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Amplify Science - Vision and Light (4th Grade)

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a conservation biologist?

a)

A scientist who builds systems.

b)

A scientist who works to save nature.

c)

A scientist that works at a zoo.

d)

A scientist who creates formulas.

2.

What is the function of a pupil?

a)

To let light into an animal's eye.

b)

To send information to the brain.

c)

To help an animal think about how to react.

d)

To compare new information to memories.

3.

What is the function of light receptors?

a)

To let light into an animal's eye.

b)

To reflect light off of a prey.

c)

To help an animal think about how to react.

d)

To receive light and absorb light from an environment.

4.

What is the function of the brain?

a)

To let light into an animal's eye.

b)

To send information to the brain.

c)

To help an animal think about how to react.

d)

To compare new information to memories.

5.

A(n) ___________ is a special change an animal makes to survive.

a)

environment

b)

prey

c)

adaptation

d)

predator

6.

What is the correct order that light/information travels to the brain?

a)

optic nerve - pupil - brain - light receptors

b)

light receptors - pupil - brain - optic nerve

c)

brain - optic nerve - pupil - light receptors

d)

pupil - light receptors - optic nerve - brain

7.

An animal can see best at night, when it has ________ light receptors.

a)

large pupil

b)

small pupil

c)

high-sensitivity

d)

low-sensitivity

8.

An animal can see best at during the day, when it has ________ light receptors.

a)

large pupil

b)

small pupil

c)

high-sensitivity

d)

low-sensitivity

9.

A catfish is like a huge tongue because it has _________ receptors all over its body.

a)

smell

b)

hearing

c)

taste

d)

light

10.

Which is NOT one of the five senses?

a)

hear

b)

sight

c)

tell

d)

taste

e)

touch

11.

A fennec fox's structures make it great for ____________.

a)

smelling

b)

hearing

c)

seeing

d)

feeling

12.

Once information travels to the brain, it ____________ that information so a predator knows who to react.

a)

transfers

b)

processes

c)

stores

d)

reflects

13.
The surroundings that contain living and nonliving things.
a)
area
b)
biology
c)
environment
d)
conservatory
14.
A ______________ is an area that has a diverse population of animals, is hot, and receives a lot of rainfall each year.
a)
desert
b)
rainforest
c)
river
d)
tundra
15.
How do animals get information about their environment?
a)
the internet
b)
by using their senses
c)
other animals
d)
their surroundings
16.
The one thing a scientist changes in a science experiment.
a)
observation
b)
hypothesis
c)
nothing
d)
variable
17.

_________ means to watch or notice something happen.

a)

conserve

b)

observe

c)

record

d)

disregard

18.

The way something is shaped that makes it good for its function.

a)

observation

b)

structure

c)

function

d)

sense

19.
How something works or what something does is its_______.
a)
function
b)
design
c)
structure
20.
What reptile is disappearing from the Philippines? 
a)
Tamerian Gecko
b)
Tiny Zagros Gecko
c)
Tokay Gecko
d)
Tenerife Gecko
21.

A cat is trying to catch a mouse that is inside a box. He knows something is in the box. Which sense is letting him know that something is in the box?

a)

touch

b)

smell

c)

taste

22.
Animals have different ___________that allow them to get information from their environment.
a)
feelings
b)
structures
c)
brains
23.
What structure allows you to chew food?
a)
teeth
b)
taste
24.
What is the function of the hands?
a)
hear
b)
see
c)
touch
d)
smell
25.
What is the function of claws?
a)
to taste
b)
to catch/hold on to something
c)
to be sharp
26.

An animal will ________ if he suddenly sees food that he can eat.

a)

do nothing

b)

react

c)

function

d)

structure

27.

The structure that connects the light receptors to the brain is called the___________.

a)

brain

b)

light receptors

c)

pupil

d)

optic nerve

28.

Once information gets to the brain, the brain ______________ an image.

a)

processes

b)

blocks out

c)

doesn't see

d)

take apart

29.

The animal that eats weaker animals.

a)

predator

b)

prey

30.

The animal that gets eaten by stronger animals.

a)

prey

b)

predator