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Animals Through Time Study Guide

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Trait

a)

solving a problem

b)

selection

c)

something inherited from ones parents

2.

Selection

a)

when an animal has babies

b)

choosing the same traits over and over again for a better offspring

c)

getting rid of bad qualities

3.

Habitat

a)

the home of a plant, animal, or other organism

b)

a type of weather

c)

where an animal goes to find food

4.

Where do scientists typically find fossils?

a)

on the street

b)

in cars

c)

buried underground

d)

in their labs

5.

Scientists found a whale in the middle of the desert because...

a)

whales live in the desert habitat

b)

whales used to live in the desert habitat

c)

there used to be a lake in the middle of the desert habitat

d)

the desert habitat used to be an ocean

6.

There are so many different varieties of dogs because...

a)

people chose to breed dogs with traits they wanted

b)

dogs wanted to be different from each other

c)

dog babies (puppies) were different from their parents

d)

dogs have a lot of puppies

7.

Which is an example of evidence that dinosaurs looked like big reptiles?

a)

dinosaur skulls had holes similar skulls of reptiles today

b)

some dinosaurs had sharp teeth

c)

dinosaurs like to eat

d)

scientists found fossils fo scaly dinosaur skin

e)

dinosaurs laid eggs

8.

Vervet monkeys are...

a)

herbivores

b)

omnivores

c)

carnivores

9.

How does living in a group help vervet monkeys survive? Choose the best answer.

a)

They show each other where to find food.

b)

They communicate in their own language.

c)

They warn each other of danger.

d)

They groom each other's fur.

10.

If dry weather kills many of the plants in the vervet monkeys' habitat, how would that affect the vervet monkeys?

a)

They would be more likely to survive.

b)

They would be less likely to survive.

c)

There would be no change.

11.

A polar habitat today was always a polar habitat in the past.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

We can learn about extinct animals by studying their fossils and comparing them to animals living today.

a)

True.

b)

False.

13.

When habitats change, the kinds of animals and plants that live there change, too.

a)

True

b)

False

14.

Observe the fossil. Is it a...

a)

Carnivore

b)

Omnivore

c)

Herbivore

15.

An animal that eats both plants and meat/fish is called...

a)

a herbivore

b)

an omnivore

c)

a carnivore

16.

Which is an example of selection

a)

Choosing to breed bigger chickens to lay more eggs

b)

A dog with one blue eye and one brown

c)

Finding a lobster on the ground

17.

What are two traits of this cat?

a)

Striped fur, blue eyes

b)

Four paws, a tail

c)

Ears, and a nose