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WorksheetsScience 4th Plant and animal responses to the environment
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 11mins
When squirrels run from cars or animals they are
exercising
responding to a stimulus
teasing the people or animals
ignoring the brain's message
When squirrels sense danger and run up trees - they will use these senses to know when the danger is gone
taste and touch
extrasensory perception
receiving a text message
hearing and sight
Plants and animals need to be able to________ when there are changes in their environment.
run
adapt
senses
hide
If animals do not adapt - their species could become_________.
crazy
angry
teenagers
extinct
Bears might do these 3 things as cold weather approaches(3answers)
climb higher where it is colder
eat a lot
find a place to hibernate
gather their babies for their longt winter's sleep
Many birds fly in this direction during winter in search of warmer temperatures
circles
East
West
South
Bears do this in cold weather when there is less food
Order groceries from Walmart
cry
hibernate
set traps for smaller animals
Penguins huddle together, in groups, to keep warm and to be safe from
avalanches
Polar Bears
Santa Claus
predators
When a dog comes running through, Samuel observes that the
squirrels all run away. Which best describes what the squirrels
are doing?
changing their environment
playing with the dog
responding to a stimulus
ignoring their brain's message
Samuel notices that the squirrels climb up trees to get away from
the dog. What are the squirrels most likely doing in the trees?
The squirrels are using their senses of sight and hearing to
help them know when the danger is gone.
The squirrels are creating a new habitat so they can live far
away from danger.
The squirrels are using their sense of touch to feel when there
will no longer be danger.
The squirrels are forming a group to protect themselves from
danger.
Sharks use their senses to find food. Which sense do they most likely use?
touch
smell
taste
sight
Which animals fly south for winter?
penguins
birds
bears
snakes
What do bears do in cold weather when there is less food?
hibernate
go dormant
migrate
what animal huddles together in groups to keep
warm and safe from predators?
Bears
Squirrels
Penguins
Plants and animals need to be able to ADAPT to a change in their ENVORONMENT in order to survive or the species could become EXTINCT.
True
False
Plants store water to help them survive in the desert by having:
Thick stems and waxy leaves
short roots
thorns and spines
Desert plants are able to survive long periods with no rain. Which of these plants would you find in the desert
cactus
roses
grasses
Why is the carbon dioxide-oxygen cycle important to the survival of plants and animals?
Plants use oxygen and animals use carbon dioxide
Plants use carbon dioxide and animals use oxygen
a footprint, burrow, or other mark left by a living thing
trace fossil
cast fossil
mold fossil
Minerals pour into a cavity where an organism once was. Those minerals harden and take the shape of the once living thing.
Mold Fossil
Cast Fossil
Trace Fossil
An empty hollowed out space in a rock that once contained an organism such as a plant or animal.
Trace Fossil
Cast Fossil
Mold Fossil
Fossils are remains or evidence of plants and animals that lived long ago preserved in minerals.
true
false
