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4th Grade Organisms Review

Total questions: 37

Worksheet time: 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which animals are vertebrates?

a)

Goldfish

b)

Mosquito

c)

Clam

d)

Horse

e)

Chicken

2.

Which animals are invertebrates?

a)

Snake

b)

Jellyfish

c)

Dolphin

d)

Frog

e)

Spider

3.

Which plants are flowering?

a)

Apple Tree

b)

Daisy

c)

Fern

d)

Sunflower

e)

Pine Tree

4.

Which plants are non-flowering?

a)

Moss

b)

Cedar Tree

c)

Tomato Plant

d)

Pumpkin

e)

Bean Plant

5.

How do stems adapt to help plants survive in their environments? (Check ALL that apply.)

a)

Some are flexible to allow movement in water and wind.

b)

Some are thick and waxy to hold in water.

c)

Some are thorny to protect.

d)

Some are colorful to attract pollinators.

6.

At which stage of development is a plant first able to reproduce (by producing seeds)?

a)

Seed

b)

Seedling

c)

Mature Plant

7.

Water lilies have long roots that can reach to the muddy bottom of lakes to get nutrients. This is an example of an…

a)

Plant Life Cycle

b)

Adaptation

c)

Non-flowering Plant

d)

Learned Trait

8.

How are cacti adapted to live in their environment? (Check ALL correct answers.)

a)

Thick stems store water.

b)

Wide leaves allow them to float.

c)

Shallow roots spread out near the surface.

d)

A large thick root anchors it in the ground.

9.

Check two ways seeds can be dispersed.

a)

Animal fur and droppings

b)

The seeds walk.

c)

Wind and water

d)

It's magical.

10.

What forms around a seed to protect it?

a)

Root

b)

Stem

c)

Leaves

d)

Fruit

11.

What takes in nutrients and water and anchors a plant?

a)

Roots

b)

Flower

c)

Fruit

d)

Seed

12.

What moves and stores water and nutrients and provides support?

a)

Fruit

b)

Flower

c)

Stem

d)

Seed

13.

What produces food for the plant?

a)

OBE Cafe

b)

Leaves

c)

Stem

d)

Flowers

14.

What attracts organisms for pollination?

a)

Roots

b)

Flowers

c)

Seeds

d)

Leaves

15.

What contains tiny undeveloped plants?

a)

Stems

b)

Roots

c)

Flowers

d)

Seeds

16.

Most reptiles undergo metamorphosis.

a)

True

b)

False

17.

Birds have three life cycle stages: Egg, Young, Adult.

a)

True

b)

False

18.

Mammals have two life cycle stages: Young, Adult.

a)

True

b)

False

19.

Butterflies and some other insects have four life cycle stages (Egg, Pupa, Larva, Adult), and undergo metamorphosis.

a)

True

b)

False

20.

All baby animals look like small adults.

a)

True

b)

False

21.

Baby animals can change color, shape, size, and/ or body covering without undergoing metamorphosis.

a)

True

b)

False

22.

Why do animals have sensory organs?

a)

Help keep animals out of danger

b)

Help animals find food and shelter

c)

Receive signals from the environment

d)

Survive in its environment

e)

All of the above

23.

Define defense.

a)

An organisms way of protecting itself.

b)

Something that go around the perimeter of a yard.

c)

How animals move.

d)

How organisms survive in their environments.

24.

What is camouflage?

a)

Pretending to look like another organism.

b)

How an animal moves.

c)

An organism blending in with its environment.

d)

A fashion statement.

25.

What is locomotion?

a)

A train.

b)

When organisms blend in with their environment.

c)

When organisms appear to look like other organisms.

d)

How an animal moves.

26.

Mark the examples of organisms obtaining resources.

a)

Bird beaks and insect mouths are shaped to help them get and eat food

b)

Monkey tails allow them to swing from tree to tree.

c)

Squirrels collect seeds and nuts.

d)

Dolphin flippers allow them to dive and swim.

27.

Mark two examples of structural adaptations.

a)

Shape of bird's beak.

b)

Echolocation

c)

Sonar

d)

Webbed feet.

28.

Check all the traits that are inherited.

a)

Color of flowers

b)

Scars

c)

Eye Color

d)

Type of fruit

e)

Change in skin color from sun

29.

Check all the traits that are learned or environmental.

a)

Changes in fur because of temperature changes

b)

Shape of leaves

c)

Shape of sensory organs

d)

Size of plant due to lack of nutrients

30.

Holes in leaves created by insects is inherited.

a)

True

b)

False

31.

A tan is a learned or environmental trait.

a)

True

b)

False

32.

Both plants and animals need water to survive.

a)

True

b)

False

33.

Plants are the only organisms that can make their own food.

a)

True

b)

False

34.

Animals are classified into the following two major groups:

a)

Flowering and Nonflowering

b)

Vertebrates and Invertebrates

c)

Cute and Ugly

d)

Mean and Nice

35.

Plants are classified into the following two major groups:

a)

Vertebrates and Invertebrates

b)

Tasty and Yucky

c)

Fruits and Vegetables

d)

Flowering and Nonflowering

36.

Check all groups of animals that are vertebrates.

a)

Reptiles

b)

Birds

c)

Amphibians

d)

Mammals

e)

Fish

37.

Check all the ways nonflowering plants reproduce.

a)

Cones

b)

Fur

c)

Spores

d)

Locomotion