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Intro to Plants & Animals

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Plants and animals get energy in different ways. Plants are ____ and animals are _____.

a)

heterotrophs / autotrophs

b)

solartrophs / carnivores

c)

autotrophs / heterotrophs

d)

cannibals / vegan

2.

TRUE or FALSE?

All living things need water, energy and space to live.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

3.

What are the small opening on leaves called that allow oxygen and carbon dioxide to move out of and into plants?

a)

stomata

b)

tomatoes

c)

stomoto

d)

stamata

4.

Select the 3 main parts of all plants:

a)

legs

b)

roots

c)

leaves

d)

flowers

e)

stem

5.

The function of the roots are to ...

a)

transport food to the stem and leaves

b)

absorb energy from the sun and make food

c)

eat the ground and minerals

d)

absorb water and anchor the plant

6.

Which is NOT a vascular plant?

a)
b)
c)
d)
7.

Non-vascular plants do not have ...

a)

roots

b)

cell walls

c)

chloroplasts

d)

xylem

8.

Xylem and phloem are to plants as ...

a)

bones are to birds

b)

veins are to humans

c)

candy is to babies

d)

blood is to veins

9.

Animals can be classified into 2 main groups, namely ...

a)

dinosaurs & bugs

b)

swimming & flying

c)

reptiles & arthropods

d)

vertebrates & invertebrates

10.

How do you know an animals has bilateral symmetry?

a)

It is squishy.

b)

It lives in the water.

c)

It has a clear left and right side.

d)

It has a top and bottom side.

11.

Which animal shows radial symmetry?

a)
b)
c)
d)
12.

What kind of symmetry do you see in sea sponges?

a)

weird symmetry

b)

asymmetry

c)

unsymmetry

d)

all of the symmetries

13.

Which is true about the invertebrate group, worms?

a)

They have backbones.

b)

They have exoskeletons.

c)

They have brains.

d)

The have radial symmetry.

14.

Wings are to birds as ...

a)

Fins are to fish

b)

Horns are to rhinos

c)

Fangs are to snakes

d)

Shells are to snails

15.

Select ALL the animals that are endothermic (warmblooded)

a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
16.

If an ectotherm is too cold, what might it do to warm up?

a)

Sit in the shade.

b)

Sweat.

c)

Lay in the sun.

d)

Dig underground.

17.

Snails have soft bodies and shells, thus they are classified as ...

a)

mammals

b)

mollusks

c)

insects

d)

cnidarians

18.

Octopuses move through something called jet propulsion. What do you think this means?

a)

They take in water and quickly shoot it out to move.

b)

They move super fast like jets.

c)

They use their tentacles to run on the ocean floor.

d)

They shape their tentacles like wings and fly.

19.

Which of the following animals is not a mammal?

a)
b)
c)
d)
20.

This animal is special, because it can do something plants can.

What do you think it is?

a)

Grow roots and leaves.

b)

Absorb energy from the sun.

c)

Only stay in one place.

d)

Grow tall like plants.