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TIMSS - BIO 1 - Characteristics and Life Processes of Organisms

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What type of animal spends its entire life under water, has fins, and breathes using gills
a)
amphibian
b)
fish
c)
bird
d)
reptile
2.
What type of animal has dry scaly skin and lays its eggs on land?
a)
fish
b)
amphibian
c)
reptile
d)
mammal
3.
What type of animal has fur and feeds its young with milk?
a)
birds
b)
reptiles
c)
amphibians
d)
mammals
4.
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
5.

Alice keeps seeing a small animal in her backyard. To help her identify the animal, she wrote down the characteristics she observed:

The animal has a backbone, four legs, a long tail, and is covered in scales.

a)

Mammal

b)

Bird

c)

Amphibian

d)

Reptile

6.

Scientists classify animals based on their characteristics. Which of the following would be classified as mammals?

a)

eagle, hawk, sparrow, crow

b)

whale, cow, giraffe, kangaroo

c)

snake, frog, lizard, salamander

d)

alligator, rabbit, dolphin, crab

7.

Name this system

a)

excretory

b)

reproductive

c)

digestive

d)

endocrine

8.
What is the function of the urinary system?
a)
Eliminates infection
b)
Eliminates pain
c)
Eliminates thought
d)
Eliminates waste from the body
9.
Which system absorbs oxygen and releases carbon dioxide?
a)
respiratory
b)
excretory
c)
endocrine
d)
immune
10.
Which of the following correctly lists organs of the respiratory system?
a)
lungs, stomach, pharynx
b)
nose, pharynx, intestines
c)
nose, trachea, lungs
d)
stomach, gall bladder, tongue
11.
When change occurs, organisms will:
a)
only adapt.
b)
adapt, migrate, or die.
c)
migrate or die.
12.

The dog in the picture is tying to cool off by panting. This response is similar to when a human does what?

a)

sneezes

b)

shivers

c)

sweats

d)

sleeps

13.

Hibernation is a response to which of the following environmental stimuli?

a)

hot weather

b)

cold weather

c)

other animals

d)

being hungry

14.

Shivering is the body's response to:

a)

too much food

b)

extreme thirst

c)

reduced body temperature

d)

increased body temperature

15.

Main function is to eliminate wastes from the body.

a)

Skeletal System

b)

Nervous System

c)

Muscular System

d)

Excretory System

e)

Reproductive System

16.

Main Function is to transport nutrients and oxygen to the cells and to take wastes away from the cells.

a)

Integumentary System

b)

Respiratory System

c)

Digestive System

d)

Circulatory System

e)

Endocrine System

17.

Main function is to break down food into nutrients.

a)

Integumentary System

b)

Respiratory System

c)

Digestive System

d)

Circulatory System

e)

Endocrine System

18.
Mosquito  belongs to what kingdom?
a)
Animal Kingdom
b)
Plant Kingdom
c)
Fungi Kingdom
d)
Protista Kingdom
19.
Dandelion, What kingdom does it belongs to?
a)
Plant Kingdom
b)
Animal Kingdom
c)
Fungi Kingdom
d)
Protista Kingdom
20.

What is TRUE about mammals

a)

They are born live.

b)

They are hatched from eggs.

c)

They DO NOT look like their parents.

d)

They began like swimming in water.