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Science Checkpoint 4 Review

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 20mins

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Class
Date
1.

Students read a book about animals from Australia and recorded notes in a table. The animals listed eat eucalyptus leaves in tall trees.

How are the animals adapted for getting food?

a)

All three animals have fur that protect them from the bark of the eucalyptus trees.

b)

All three animals use their tails like a leg to climb up to the eucalyptus leaves.

c)

All three animals use their sharp claws to climb up to the eucalyptus leaves.

d)

None of the animals can climb a tree to get to the eucalyptus leaves they eat.

2.

A class studied the life cycle of a frog and studied the life cycle of a bean plant. They compared the life cycles in a Venn Diagram.

Choose as many of the following steps which are part of the life cycles of all living things?

a)

All living things develop in a life cycle

b)

All living things hatch from eggs

c)

All living things die

d)

All living things form flowers

e)

All living things mature into adults

3.

Which structure helps the tree live in an environment where it only rains sometimes?

a)

Branches, because they hold the leaves up to the light

b)

Leaves, because they use sunlight to make food

c)

Roots, because they take water from the ground

d)

Fruit, because seeds are carried away to make new trees

4.

Which foot would most likely belong to a bird that lives in a pond environment?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

5.

Which of these organisms is best suited for the terrarium?

a)

Blue jay

b)

Lobster

c)

Snail

d)

Water lily

6.

Heavy rains flooded the area in the picture above. How might the floods affect the organisms that live there?

a)

More water will cause animals to grow faster.

b)

All of the organisms will perish in the wet conditions.

c)

The flood will not affect the organisms that live in the area.

d)

Some organisms will leave the area to find a dry environment.

7.

There has been reduced rainfall in the area. A drought occurs at the pond.

What is the most likely way the drought will affect the animals in the above ecosystem?

a)

The frogs will move.

b)

The dragonflies will thrive.

c)

The fish will die.

8.

Which organism in this food chain is the producer?

a)

seaweed

b)

clam

c)

starfish

d)

seagull

9.

The roadrunner is a desert bird that eats fruits and seeds. It also eats insects, spiders, scorpions, and rattlesnakes. What would likely happen if the roadrunner population disappeared from its ecosystem?

a)

There would be no more fruits or seeds

b)

There would a decrease in spider populations.

c)

There would be an increase in scorpion populations.

10.

In the food chain, from where does the energy originate?

a)

grass

b)

sun

c)

grasshopper

d)

owl

11.

Based on the information above, which animal is best supported in a desert ecosystem with high daytime temperatures?

a)

Black-tailed jackrabbit

b)

Marsh rabbit

c)

Mountain hare

d)

Volcano rabbit

12.

What would be the best title for Group One?

a)

tropical rainforest

b)

grassland

c)

deciduous forest

d)

wetlands

13.

The picture below shows a swamp with different plants and animals. Which of the following best explains why this environment allows the blue heron to live there?

a)

There are a lot of fish for the heron to eat.

b)

The trees keep the temperature warm all year long.

c)

There are no animals that would eat the heron.

d)

The water helps algae grow that the heron eat.