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WorksheetsCircle of Life
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Bird
a)
An endothermic vertebrate that is covered in feathers, breathes through lungs and lays hard-shelled eggs.
b)
An ectothermic vertebrate that lives in the water and has fins.
c)
A vertebrate with scaly skin that lays eggs with tough, leathery shells.
d)
cold-blooded vertebrate that can live in both land and water
2.
Carnivore
a)
A consumer that eats only animals.
b)
A consumer that eats only plants.
c)
A consumer that eats both plants and animals
d)
An animal without a backbone
3.
Common Ancestor
a)
An ancestral species from which later species evolved
b)
an animal whose body temperature varies with the temperature of its surroundings
c)
an animal that is heated from within the body
d)
A characteristic that an organism can pass on to its offspring through its genes.
4.
Continental Drift Theory
a)
the idea that continents slowly shift their positions due to movement (caused by convection) of the tectonic plates on which they ride
b)
Process by which, in a fluid being heated, the warmer part of the mass will rise and the cooler portions will sink.
c)
A tectonic plate boundary where two plates collide, come together, or crash into each other.
d)
The boundary between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other
5.
Convection
a)
Process by which, in a fluid being heated, the warmer part of the mass will rise and the cooler portions will sink.
b)
How tightly packed the matter in a substance is
c)
the idea that continents slowly shift their positions due to movement (caused by convection) of the tectonic plates on which they ride
d)
The boundary between tectonic plates that are sliding past each other horizontally
6.
Convergent Boundary
a)
A tectonic plate boundary where two plates collide, come together, or crash into each other.
b)
The boundary between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other
c)
The boundary between tectonic plates that are sliding past each other horizontally
d)
Process by which, in a fluid being heated, the warmer part of the mass will rise and the cooler portions will sink.
7.
Density
a)
How tightly packed the matter in a substance is
b)
How much an item weighs
c)
How large an item is
d)
How colorful an item is
8.
Divergent Boundary
a)
The boundary between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other
b)
A tectonic plate boundary where two plates collide, come together, or crash into each other.
c)
The boundary between tectonic plates that are sliding past each other horizontally
d)
the idea that continents slowly shift their positions due to movement (caused by convection) of the tectonic plates on which they ride
9.
Ectothermic
a)
an animal whose body temperature varies with the temperature of its surroundings
b)
an animal that is heated from within the body
c)
an animal that thrives in really cold temperatures
d)
an animal that thrives in really hot temperatures
10.
Endothermic
a)
an animal that is heated from within the body
b)
an animal whose body temperature varies with the temperature of its surroundings
c)
an animal that thrives in the water
d)
an animal that thrives on land
11.
Fish
a)
An ectothermic vertebrate that lives in the water and has fins.
b)
A vertebrate whose body temperature is regulated by its internal heat, and that has skin covered with hair or fur and glands that produce milk to feed its young.
c)
An endothermic vertebrate that is covered in feathers, breathes through lungs and lays hard-shelled eggs.
d)
A vertebrate with scaly skin that lays eggs with tough, leathery shells.
12.
Herbivore
a)
A consumer that eats only plants.
b)
A consumer that eats both plants and animals
c)
A consumer that eats only animals.
d)
A consumer that only eats fish
13.
Invertebrate
a)
An animal without a backbone
b)
An animal with a backbone
c)
An animal with scales
d)
An animale with gills
14.
Mammal
a)
A vertebrate whose body temperature is regulated by its internal heat, and that has skin covered with hair or fur and glands that produce milk to feed its young.
b)
A vertebrate with scaly skin that lays eggs with tough, leathery shells.
c)
An endothermic vertebrate that is covered in feathers, breathes through lungs and lays hard-shelled eggs.
d)
cold-blooded vertebrate that can live in both land and water
15.
Omnivore
a)
A consumer that eats both plants and animals
b)
A consumer that eats only plants.
c)
A consumer that eats only animals.
d)
A consumer that eats only fish.
16.
Reptile
a)
A vertebrate with scaly skin that lays eggs with tough, leathery shells.
b)
A vertebrate whose body temperature is regulated by its internal heat, and that has skin covered with hair or fur and glands that produce milk to feed its young.
c)
An endothermic vertebrate that is covered in feathers, breathes through lungs and lays hard-shelled eggs.
d)
cold-blooded vertebrate that can live in both land and water
17.
Traits
a)
A characteristic that an organism can pass on to its offspring through its genes.
b)
An ancestral species from which later species evolved
c)
An animal with a backbone
d)
A consumer that eats both plants and animals
18.
Transform Boundary
a)
The boundary between tectonic plates that are sliding past each other horizontally
b)
The boundary between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other
c)
A tectonic plate boundary where two plates collide, come together, or crash into each other.
d)
How tightly packed the matter in a substance is
19.
Vertibrate
a)
An animal with a backbone
b)
An animal without a backbone
c)
An animal with scales
d)
An animal with feathers
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