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Unit 5: Organisms and Their Environments

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is an adaptation that allows an organism to blend in with its surroundings?

a)

traits

b)

camouflage

c)

mimicry

d)

habitat

2.

What are ways that animal groups help one another survive? (Check all that apply.)

a)

hunt in packs

b)

confuse predators

c)

test water temperature

d)

cope with change together

3.

What is an organism?

a)

a living thing

b)

a purple ball

c)

a boulder on a mountain

d)

a nonliving thing

4.

What is a trait or characteristic that helps an organism survive?

a)

clean fur

b)

population

c)

adaptation

d)

habitat

5.

What are some reasons for an animal's coloring? (Check all that apply.)

a)

to help it find food

b)

to attract a mate

c)

to help protect it

d)

to help it play games

6.

What is a physical characteristic of a person, plant or animal called?

a)

trait

b)

body part

c)

habitat

d)

adaptation

7.

What are some natural disasters that can cause environmental changes ?

a)

tornadoes

b)

volcanoes

c)

hurricanes

d)

humans tearing down forests to build houses

8.

What are all the members of a certain kind of plant or animal in an environment called?

a)

adaptation

b)

pride

c)

group

d)

population

9.

What are all of the living and nonliving things that surround and affect an organism called?

a)

environment

b)

sky

c)

ground

d)

habitat

10.

Humans can cause changes to the land by which of the following ways? (Check all that apply.)

a)

an earthquake

b)

building dams

c)

building roads and highways

d)

bulldozing trees to build houses

11.

What is a characteristic in how an animal acts to survive in its environment called?

a)

behavioral adaptation

b)

mimicry

c)

physical adaptation

d)

habitat

12.

What is the place where an organism lives and can find everything it needs to survive called?

a)

habitat

b)

trait

c)

hotel

d)

forest

13.

What is a characteristic of an animal’s structure or body that helps it survive called?

a)

personality

b)

physical adaptation

c)

mimicry

d)

behavioral adaptation

14.

Which are inherited traits that animals have? (Check all that apply.)

a)

how much food an animal eats

b)

color of fur or feathers

c)

the habitat an animal lives in

d)

number of limbs they have

15.

What is an adaptation that allows an animal to protect itself by looking like another kind of animal or a plant called?

a)

copycat

b)

mimicry

c)

camouflage

d)

habitat

16.

What are some characteristics that can help a turtle survive in its habitat? (Check all that apply.)

a)

hard shell

b)

strong jaws

c)

short tail

d)

periods of inactivity

17.

What could this cause in a habitat? (Check all that apply.)

a)

force animals to find a new place to live and find food

b)

cause some seeds to reproduce

c)

bring in more water

d)

cause animals to eat burned trees

18.

What is a reason an animal may want to live in a large group?

a)

They like to hide in a large group.

b)

They can be better protected.

c)

They like lots of friends.

d)

They like a slower lifestyle.

19.

True or false. A frog that lives in an environment where more food is available could be larger than a similar frog in an environment that has less food available.

a)

True

b)

False

20.

What physical characteristics might an animal living in the desert have? (Check all that apply.)

a)

thick fur

b)

large ears

c)

thin fur

d)

blubber