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Animal Structures and Behavior to Survive

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 7mins

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Class
Date
1.

During hibernation, an animal's heart rate slows down. What will happen when the animal wakes up?

a)

It's heart rate will slow down more.

b)

It's heart rate speeds back up.

c)

It's heart stops beating.

d)

It's body temperature goes down.

2.

What do animals do when they migrate?

a)

They sleep all winter.

b)

They live in a pond.

c)

They move from one place to another.

d)

They study birds.

3.

Why do worker ants need to work together? (Choose all that apply.)

a)

Worker ants work together to carry food that is too heavy for just one ant to lift.

b)

Worker ants work together to build the ant hill tunnels and protect the ant hill.

c)

Worker ants work together to take care of ant babies.

d)

Ants never work together.

4.

How do you think being in a group would help ants survive if their ant hill was smashed?

a)

Being in a group would not help ants survive.

b)

A group of ants could rebuild the ant hill faster than one by itself.

c)

A group of ants could help keep each other warm in the cold.

d)

The ants will get the squirrels to help build the ant hill.

5.

All living things have structures to help them survive and meet their needs.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

Why might animals live in groups? (Choose all that apply.)

a)

Animals interact in groups when they need to find food.

b)

Animals interact in groups when they need to defend themselves.

c)

Animals interact in groups so they look cool to the other animals.

d)

Animals have no reason to ever live in groups.

7.

The ant is a ____________.

a)

Vertebrate (with a backbone).

b)

Invertebrate (without a backbone).

8.

A penguin is a ________________.

a)

Vertebrate (with a backbone).

b)

Invertebrate (without a backbone).

9.

This animal is using ____________ to help survive in nature.

a)

Migration

b)

Hibernation

c)

Photosynthesis

d)

Camouflage

10.

Zebra's stripes help protect them from their

a)

parents.

b)

zookeepers.

c)

predators.

d)

prey.

11.

In the winter, the Arctic Fox's coat turns from brown to white. Why do you think this is happening?

a)

The white coat is too hard to keep clean in the summer.

b)

The lack of food in the winter makes its coat turn white.

c)

The white coat is prettier.

d)

The white coat helps it blend into the snow in the winter.