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Science Exam Practice

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 35mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Plants make their own...?
a)
water
b)
sun
c)
food
d)
vitamins
2.

Which pair are ways in which animals can be classified?

a)

vertebrates and invertebrates

b)

flowering and nonflowering

c)

birds and plants

d)

plants and zebras

3.
Vertebrates are animals that have a ____________.
a)
fur
b)
4 legs
c)
backbone
d)
roots
4.
Which is not a classification group of vertebrates?
a)
fish
b)
mammals
c)
birds
d)
spiders
5.

Which is not an example of an invertebrate?

a)

crawfish

b)

jellyfish

c)

lizard

d)

shrimp

6.

What animal group has feathers?

a)

Mammal

b)

Fish

c)

Bird

7.

Do fish breathe through gills or lungs?

a)

gills

b)

lungs

8.

Dolphins have live babies (not eggs) and have lungs. What classification are they?

a)

fish

b)

mammal

c)

bird

d)

reptile

9.

What classification are humans?

a)

mammals

b)

fish

c)

amphibians

10.
Characteristics passed from parents to their offspring.
a)
behavior
b)
learned trait
c)
inherited trait
d)
function
11.
An acquired trait means _________.
a)
your sister gave it to you
b)
it is learned or happened after birth
c)
you are a squire for the king
d)
your parents gave it to you
12.

The following are inherited traits of humans except

a)

rolling of tongue

b)

blue eyes.

c)

riding a bike

d)

small dimples.

13.
Which characteristic is inherited?
a)
hair color
b)
sleeping late
c)
enjoying hiking
d)
loving to read
14.
If a parent cactus has spines, the offspring will have  ______
a)
fruit
b)
spines
c)
leaves
d)
petals 
15.
Which is an example of an inherited trait? 
a)
Reading
b)
Speaking Spanish
c)
Having stripes
d)
Throwing a baseball 
16.

Traits are passed down from parents to _____________.

a)

inherit

b)

trait

c)

parent

d)

child

17.
What is the first stage of a plant life cycle?
a)
Seedling
b)
Adult Plant
c)
Adult Plant with Flowers
d)
Seed
18.

What is a life cycle?

a)

a stage in an insect life cycle between egg and adult.

b)

a developing animal before it is born or hatched.

c)

the stages in the life of a living thing.

d)

the stage in the insect life cycle between larva and adult.

19.
Which of these is NOT a feature that a mammal has?
a)
Hair or fur
b)
Lungs
c)
Backbone
d)
Gils
20.
Which of the following is NOT a mammal? 
a)
Horse
b)
Bird
c)
Elephant
d)
Cat
21.

True or False: Snakes are cold-blooded.

a)

True

b)

Flase

22.
True or False: Mammals give birth to live young.
a)
True
b)
False
23.

An animal that lives in water and has scales, fins, and gills.

a)

fish

b)

mammal

c)

insect

d)

amphibian

24.

True or False.... A whale is a fish.

a)

False

b)

True

25.

Does a reptile lay eggs?

a)

Yes

b)

No

c)

Sometimes

d)

Nothing

26.
The only group of animals that begin their lives breathing through gills in the water and as adults can live on land breathing with lungs.
a)
amphibians
b)
arthropods
c)
mammals
d)
fish
27.
A Frog is a...
a)
Fish
b)
Amphibian
c)
Reptile
d)
Both Reptile & Amphibian
28.
What category of organisms share similar characteristics and can reproduce among themselves?
a)
family
b)
class
c)
genus
d)
species
29.

All _______________ lay eggs.

a)

fish

b)

mammals

c)

reptiles

d)

birds

30.

Select all organisms.

a)

daisy

b)

Fire

c)

book

d)

grass

e)

zebra

31.

What are the differences between plants and animals? Select TWO answers.

a)

Plants cannot move from place to place, but animals can.

b)

Plants can sense magnetism, but no animals can

c)

Plants make their own food from sunlight, but animals can't.

d)

Plants eat only plants, but animals eat plants and animals.

32.

Mammals ________ (fill in the blank)

a)

can fly

b)

do not have fur

c)

nurse their babies with milk

d)

lay eggs

33.

What do organisms need to live (select all that apply)

a)

food

b)

televisions

c)

water

d)

air

e)

cell phones

34.

When organisms reproduce they_______

a)

run

b)

migrate

c)

have babies

d)

eat

35.

The scientific study of life is called_______

a)

anthropology

b)

biography

c)

geography

d)

biology

36.

True or False?

A shrimp is an arthropod.

a)

True

b)

False

37.

Humans have five senses. Which one of these are NOT one of them?

a)

sight

b)

thinking

c)

touch

d)

smell

e)

taste

38.

How long an organism lives is called a________.

a)

life work

b)

living thing

c)

organism

d)

life span

39.

Dragonflies, stink bugs, and lady bugs are __________.

a)

crustaceans

b)

arthropods

c)

annelids

d)

echinoderms

40.
What is the first stage of a butterfly life cycle.
a)
egg
b)
Adult butterfly
c)
caterpillar
d)
chrysalis

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