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WorksheetsUnit 5 Test Review: Animal Structure and Function
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 9mins
Which structure helps keep a penguin warm?
eyes
beak
claws
feathers
Which set of organs most helps people know if something is cold?
brain and skin
heart and tongue
nose and muscles
eyes and stomach
Canada geese are landing in a quiet city playground. More people start using the playground. This causes many geese to fly away. In the following weeks, fewer geese land in the playground. Which sentence most likely explains why there are fewer geese?
They were scared and learned not to come back to that place.
They were separated from their mates and left to find them.
They could not find food, so they went to another place to eat.
They could not hear each other, so they went to a quieter place.
Which organs work closely together to help a lion find food?
ears, fur, heart
eyes, nose, brain
eyes, lungs, heart
nose, fur, stomach
The main food of birds that live in an area is a tree that produces nuts with a hard shell. Which beak shape are birds that live there most likely to have?
long and thin
flat and wide
thick and strong
sharp and pointed
The movement of legs allows people to walk. Which three body systems work together closely to give the legs movement?
muscular, nervous, and skeletal
digestive, muscular, and respiratory
circulatory, digestive, and muscular
circulatory, digestive, respiratory
Cats have sense receptors in their whiskers. Whiskers help cats figure out the size and location of objects. Which result could happen if a cat lost its whiskers?
The cat would be less likely to keep warm on a cold day.
The cat could not be able to know if a food is safe to eat.
The cat would be less likely to land on its feet after a fall.
The cat would not be able to know if it could fit in a small space.
Squirrels eat fruits and nuts. They look for food during the day. At night, they stay in their shelters. Which best explains why squirrels are not out at night?
Squirrels need to stay warm at night.
There is not enough food for squirrels at night.
Squirrels need to take care of their young at night.
There is not enough light for squirrels to see at night.
Snowshoe hares live in wooded areas. In the summer, their fur is brown. In the winter, their fur is white. How does fur help the snowshoe hare?
keeps the hare warm
makes the hare move quickly
hides the hare from predators
allows the hare to dig burrows.
A hawk is a bird that eats mice. A hawk can see a mouse on the ground from above. Which is the first step to how a hawk sees a mouse?
Light enters the hawk's eyes
Light comes from the sun.
Light is reflected off of the mouse.
Many animals that are nocturnal, or active at night, have large eyes. How can these animals see?
Nocturnal animal have eyes that make their own light.
Nocturnal animals have eyes that can let in a lot of light.
Nocturnal animals are able to see when there is no light at all.
A rabbit hears a predator. Then it runs away. Select all the body parts that work together as the rabbit hears the predator and sends messages to run away.
Brain
Ears
Tail
Muscles
Nose
Where would an animal with thick white fur and a thick layer of fat most likely live?
in a desert
in a stream
in a grassland
in a polar region
Which of these is a name for any trait that helps a living thing survive?
action
adaptation
pollination
conservation
Josie likes to visit the park in her neighborhood to watch hummingbirds. She often see them find food from deep inside flowers. Which feature of a hummingbird is most adapted to what the bird eats?
the length of its legs
the size of its wings
the shape of its beak
the color of its feathers
Rasheed accidentally bumped his leg on a desk. What is the first thing that happened within Rasheed's nervous system?
He yelled, "Ow!"
The nerves in his leg sensed pain.
The leg nerves sent a message to the brain.
the brain sent a message to the skin in his leg.
A Venus flytrap has hairs that can sense when an insect lands on its leaves. How is this different from the sense of touch in animals?
Animals do not have hairs that can sense things.
Most animals do not use their sense of touch to catch food.
The Venus flytrap does not have a brain to process the information.
