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WorksheetsAustralian Biodiversity
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 11mins
The word biodiversity means
The number of animal species on Earth
The type of animal species on Earth
All of the variety of life on Earth
The number of plant and animal species on Earth
Tick all the statements that are FALSE
Penguins have fur.
Bats can fly. That means they are birds.
Whales are mammals.
Dolphins are fish.
Snakes have backbones.
All mammals have this in common. They all feed their young
(a)
Koalas are arboreal mammals. This means that
They spend most of their lives asleep.
They are active only during the nighttime.
They are active during the daytime.
They live in trees.
This is Australia's longest snake. It usually measures up to 5 metres in length but some animals 8.5 metres in length have been found!!
Anaconda
Diamond Python
Amethystine or Scrub Python
Tiger snake
This is one of Australia's smallest marsupial. This tiny mouse-like animal eats desert cicadas and cockroaches that could be bigger than it!!
Feathertail Possum
Bush mouse
Spinifex Hopping Mouse
Pilbara Ningaui
Australia's largest bird - the Wedge-tailed Eagle has a wingspan (from the tip of one wing to the tip of the other) of up to 2.5 metres!!!
It is a carnivore and gets its food mainly on the ground. Choose the best option for its diet.
Wallabies, possums, rabbits and wombats
Wallabies, berries, rabbits and sometimes birds
Possums, wombats, fish and birds
Fruit, berries, wallabies and possums
'ology' is a word that describes the study of something.
Can you guess what biology is the study of?
Trees
Living things
Cells
Weather
There are obviously many different areas in biology and biologists who study different types of living things.
A mammalogist is a scientist who studies
Reptiles
Birds
Mammals
Frogs
An ichthyologist studies
Dinosaurs
Reptiles
Birds
Fish
Fish are
Aquatic animals that breathe with gills
Vertebrates with lungs and scales
Vertebrates who feed their young with milk
Animals that lay eggs and have feathers
Reptiles such as turtles, snakes, crocodiles, lizards are
Aquatic animals that breathe with gills
Vertebrates with lungs and scales
Vertebrates who feed their young with milk
Animals that lay eggs and have feathers
Bats are
Aquatic animals that breathe with gills
Vertebrates with lungs and scales
Vertebrates who feed their young with milk
Animals that lay eggs and have feathers
Marsupials are
Mammals
Vertebrates
Animals
All of the above
Invertebrates are
Animals that eat both plants and animals
Animals with scales
Animals without backbones
Always small
Why do we need biodiversity?
It gives us food to eat, air to breathe, water to drink.
It makes our world unique and makes us happy
It provides medicines, new products and materials
All of the above
Diurnal species have the opposite pattern of activity to nocturnal animals. This means they
Are active mainly during the daytime
Are active during nighttime
Eat mainly plants
Live in the water
Whales and dolphins are aquatic mammals. This means that
They can breathe under water
They have scales
They must come up to the surface to breathe
They have gills
Crabs, lobsters and scorpions are all invertebrates. They have a skeleton on the inside of their bodies.
True
False
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