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Introduction to Science and Animal Adaptations

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

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Class
Date
1.

What best describes an animal adaptation?

a)

A change

b)

A structure or behavior that helps an animal survive

c)

The place where an animal lives

d)

Moving to a different place

2.

What type of observation is described below?

"The maple tree is 4 meters in height."

a)

Qualitative

b)

Quantitative

c)

Inference

3.

Is the following an observation or an inference?

"The plant is wilted, therefore, we must be in a drought."

a)

Observation

b)

Inference

4.

Is the following an observation or an inference?

"I heard the bear's stomach growl, therefore he must be hungry."

a)

Observation

b)

Inference

5.

A(n) _________________ is information gained by using your senses.

a)

Inference

b)

Adaptation

c)

Observation

d)

Quantity

6.

A ___________________ is an explanation based on observations.

a)

Quantitive observation

b)

Qualitative Observation

c)

Adaptation

d)

Inference

7.

You observe an animal has sharp teeth. What might you reasonably infer?

a)

It is a carnivore because sharp teeth help tear meat.

b)

It is an herbivore because sharp teeth help grind plants.

c)

It is a dog.

d)

It lives in a cold environment.

8.

A _______________ observation includes numbers.

a)

Inference

b)

Adaptation

c)

Qualitative

d)

Quantitative

9.

Which type of information would be the most useful if you were trying to see how much a plant grew?

a)

Quantitative

b)

Qualitative

c)

Inference

10.

The shape or form of something is its __________________.

a)

Function

b)

Adaptation

c)

Structure

d)

Observation

11.

A function is_________________________.

a)

A structure or behavior that helps an animal survive.

b)

Information gained by using your senses.

c)

the job something does.

d)

The shape of something.

12.

A green body color on an insect that lives in the grass is an example of...

a)

Observation

b)

Function

c)

Structural Adaptation

d)

Behavioral Adaptation

13.

Birds migrating to warmer places in the winter is an example of...

a)

Inference

b)

Structural Adaptation

c)

Behavioral Adaptation

14.

What is the the following?

"The rabbit fur was soft and white."

a)

Inference

b)

Qualitative Observation

c)

Quantitative Observation

d)

Function