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Science Test

Total questions: 149

Worksheet time: 2hrs 34mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Mammals, fish, birds, reptiles and amphibians are all ___.

a)

invertebrate

b)

vertebrate

2.

Which group does it belong to?

a)

invertebrate

b)

vertebrate

3.

What is the major difference between vertebrates and invertebrates?

a)

Vertebrates have a backbone and invertebrates do not.

b)

Invertebrates live in water and vertebrates do not.

c)

Invertebrates have a backbone and vertebrates do not.

d)

Invertebrates are smaller than vertebrates.

4.

Which group does it belong to?

a)

invertebrate

b)

vertebrate

5.

Which group does it belong to?

a)

vertebrate

b)

invertebrate

6.

Crabs, lobsters, and shrimp with hard exoskeletons are ___.

a)

vertebrates

b)

invertebrates

7.

Are there more invertebrates or vertebrates on Earth?

a)

vertebrates

b)

invertebrates

8.

Vertebrates and invertebrates are groups in the ____ Kingdom.

a)

Plant

b)

Protist

c)

Monera

d)

Fungi

e)

Animal

9.

Which group does it belong to?

a)

vertebrate

b)

invertebrate

10.
This group feeds milk to its young.
a)
birds
b)
mammals
c)
fish
d)
reptile
11.
Many animals in this group go through metamorphosis (bodies change as they get older).
a)
fish
b)
reptile
c)
amphibian
d)
mamma;
12.

cold blooded vertebrate animals with dry, scaley skin

a)

amphibians

b)

reptiles

c)

birds

d)

fish

13.
hairy warm blooded animals that feed their babies milk
a)
mammals
b)
marsupials
c)
monotremes
d)
macropods
14.

This vertebrate breathes through gills, lives in water, and has scales and fins.

a)

bird

b)

fish

c)

reptile

d)

mammal

15.
Which of the following has an exoskeleton?
a)
mammal
b)
birds
c)
crustacean
d)
fish
16.

Why whales are classified as mammals

a)

breathe through the lungs and give birth

b)

breathe through the gills and give birth

17.

What animals can fly but not be classified into a group of birds?

a)

sparrow

b)

eagle

c)

bat

d)

hen

18.

Lizards are vertebrate animals that are classified in

a)

reptiles

b)

mammals

c)

birds

d)

amphibians

19.
The only group of animals that begin their lives breathing through gills in the water and as adults can live on land breathing with lungs
a)
amphibians
b)
arthropods
c)
mammals
d)
fish
20.
Fish take in oxygen through their?
a)
fins.
b)
gills.
c)
scales.
d)
vertebrae.
21.

Birds have ________ bones.

a)

long

b)

strong

c)

hollow

d)

flat

22.

A parrot has a ________ beak.

a)

sharp and straight

b)

sharp and curved

c)

flat and blunt

d)

flat and sharp

23.

Body feathers help birds ____________.

a)

to keep themselves warm

b)

to fly

c)

to give shape to the body

d)

to balance

24.

How do birds move their wings to fly?

a)

Upstroke and backstroke

b)

Downstroke and frontstroke

c)

Gliding and upstroke

d)

Upstroke and Downstroke

25.

Which of the following are flightless birds?

a)

Parrot, Ostrich

b)

Pigeon, Woodpecker

c)

Emu, Penguin

d)

Crane, Hen

26.

Birds lay their eggs in/on _______.

a)

rocks

b)

nests

c)

the ground

d)

all of the above

27.

Which of these is not a function of the

claws?

a)

Helps in climbing

b)

Keeps the body warm

c)

Helps in catching prey

d)

Is useful in swimming

28.

Which of the following birds has webbed feet?

a)
b)
c)
d)
29.

_________ is the smallest bird with a long beak that it uses to drink nectar from flowers.

a)

Kingfisher

b)

Humming bird

c)

Crane

d)

Woodpecker

30.

Birds have no _______ but they all have _______.

a)

claws, teeth

b)

feathers, bones

c)

teeth, beaks

d)

bones, beaks

31.

Baby birds have lot of ________ feathers.

a)

bone

b)

body

c)

down

d)

flight

32.

Which bird walks and runs on the ground?

a)

Eagle

b)

Crow

c)

Hen

d)

Duck

33.

Woodpecker : Wood :: Kingfisher : _____________

a)
b)
c)
d)
34.

Eagle is a/an _________ bird.

a)

omnivorous

b)

carnivorous

c)

herbivorous

d)

insectivorous

35.

A bird in the absence of down feathers will not be able to ___________.

a)

fly over long distances

b)

protect itself against dangerous animals

c)

keep its balance

d)

keep its body warm

36.

Woodpeckers have ________.

a)
b)
c)
d)
37.

A ________ uses its beak like a needle to stich its nests.

a)

tailor-bird

b)

penguin

c)

woodpecker

d)

weaver-bird

38.

After laying eggs, the mother bird sits on the eggs to keep it warm. This helps the baby bird to grow inside the egg. After a few days, the baby birds come out of the eggs. This process is called ________.

a)

flying

b)

scratching

c)

perching

d)

hatching

39.

Penguins makes a nest on/in _______.

a)

open ground

b)

trees

c)

holes in the ground

d)

rocks

40.

Which of the following birds has a chisel-shaped beak

a)

Pigeon

b)

Crow

c)

Kingfisher

d)

Woodpecker

41.
A snake 
a)
ecosystem 
b)
organism 
c)
population 
42.
snakes, mice, small birds, crickets, hawks, cactus, tumbleweed
a)
organism
b)
community
c)
population 
43.
plants, rocks, air, sunlight, water, 
a)
ecosystem 
b)
population 
c)
community 
44.
all the snakes in the area 
a)
organism 
b)
ecosystem 
c)
population 
45.
The way living organisms interact with each other in a particular environment/community is called...
a)
Ecosystem
b)
Biome
c)
Habitat
d)
Abiotic
46.
The place where an organism lives is called...
a)
Biome
b)
Habitat
c)
Abiotic
d)
Biotic
47.

Kittens

a)

Organism

b)

Population

c)

Community

48.

A flower

a)

Organism

b)

Population

c)

Ecosystem

49.

groups of flowers

a)

Organism

b)

Population

c)

Community

50.

Living and nonliving

a)

Organism

b)

Population

c)

Community

d)

Ecosystem

51.

What does this picture show?

a)

Organism

b)

Population

c)

Community

d)

Ecosystem

52.
a)
Organism
b)
Population
c)
Community
d)
Ecosystem
53.
a)
Organism
b)
Population
c)
Community
d)
Ecosystem
54.
a)
Organism
b)
Population
c)
Community
55.

What is a food chain?

a)

The flow of energy from one thing to another

b)

The way animals eat each other

c)

The way the sun makes everything

d)

How the plants grow

56.
What is a producer? 
a)
Organism that creates their own food.
b)
Organism that eat other organisms for energy
c)
Organism that eat other dead organisms
57.
What is a consumer? 
a)
Organism that creates their own food.
b)
Organism that eat other organisms for energy
c)
Organism that eat other dead organisms
58.
An animal that eats other animals is a....
a)
carnivore
b)
omnivore
c)
herbivore
d)
decomposer
59.
What animal is on the top of the food chain? 
*Remember Humans are on the top of all food chains because we do not get hunted. 
a)
Grass
b)
Grasshopper
c)
Mouse
d)
Owl
60.
What do Herbivores eat? 
a)
Plants ONLY 
b)
Animals ONLY
c)
Plants AND Animals
61.

What do plants need to make their own food?

a)

Sun, Water, and Animals

b)

Sun, Coke, and Soil

c)

Sun, Water, and Soil

d)

Nothing at all

62.

An example of a predator:

a)

shark

b)

mouse

c)

rabbit

63.

An example of prey:

a)

lion

b)

mouse

c)

shark

64.
Where does the energy start in this food chain?
a)
Plant
b)
Sun
c)
Deer
d)
Wolf
65.

What is a decomposer?

a)
b)
c)
d)
66.
What are animals called in a food chain?
a)
Producers
b)
Consumers
c)
Decomposers
d)
Plants
67.
What are plants called in a food chain?
a)
Producers
b)
Consumers
c)
Decomposers
d)
Scavengers
68.
What is the role of a producer?
a)
Use sunlight to make food
b)
Gain energy from eating other organisms
c)
Keep other species from overpopulating
d)
Breaking down dead stuff 
69.
Which of these organisms would receive energy from the snake?
a)
Plant
b)
Rabbit
c)
Mouse
d)
Hawk
70.
Which type of consumer eats meat and plants?
a)
Herbivores
b)
Carnivores
c)
Omnivores
d)
Plants
71.
True/False
Food webs show you everything an animal eats. Food chains show you one thing.
a)
True
b)
False
72.
Which of these is true about this food web?
a)
The Owl gets its energy from the producer.
b)
The Lion gets its energy only from a wild cat.
c)
The Kite gets its energy from the goat.
d)
The Mouse is most likely to die, several ways.
73.

What is an adaptation?

a)

A behavior that helps an animal survive.

b)

The food that animal eats.

c)

How energy moves in a food web.

d)

How animals evolve throughout time.

74.

What are the two types of adaptation?

a)

Camouflage

b)

Physical and camouflage

c)

Behavior and camouflage

d)

Physical and behavior adaptation

75.

The enviroment in which an animal lives is called its

a)

adaptation

b)

habitat

c)

hibernation

d)

migration

76.

A giraffe's long neck - used to reach leaves high in trees - is an example of a

a)

behavior adaptation

b)

physical adaptation

c)

learned behavior

d)

behavior

77.

Lions, bears, and owls all hunt other animals for their food. They are examples of

a)

prey

b)

predators

c)

children

d)

enemies

78.

What are some things that can cause an animal to become extinct?

a)

habitat loss

b)

disease

c)

climate change

d)

all of the above

79.

What are the 4 things that living things need to survive?

a)

air, food, protection, love

b)

food, water, space, air

c)

love, protection, air, space

d)

protection, water, meat, plants

80.

What is camouflage?

a)

Colors or markings to make it look like something else

b)

A chemical that is used to defend itself

c)

A hard shell or covering

d)

Body patterns or coloring that make it hard to see

81.

A resting state through the winter.

Adaptation: Bear sleeping in a cave during the winter months

a)

Migration

b)

Locomotion

c)

Adaptation

d)

Hibernation

82.

A polar bear has thick fur to keep it warm so it can survive the cold. This is called

a)

adaptation

b)

camouflage

c)

mimicry

83.

How does adaptations help animals?

a)

to hide from predators

b)

to hunt for food

c)

to survive in their habitats

d)

All of these are correct

84.

What does it mean to CAMOUFLAGE?

a)

when a weak animal copies a stronger animal to warn of predators

b)

when an animal is able to change colors to survive in an environment

c)

when an animal hibernates

85.

What is MIMICRY?

a)

when a weak animal copies stronger animals to warn predators

b)

when you are the prey

c)

when the animal hides in the cold winter and sleeps until the warm spring

86.

Why would a bunnies fur be brown in the summer and white in the winter?

a)

The rabbit likes to change fur color

b)

The bunny learned it from his parents

c)

The changing of fur color help the bunny blend in with it's surrounding

87.

A chameleon lies next to a large blue flower so predators cannot find it. This is an example of

a)

camouflage

b)

migration

c)

mimicry

d)

hibernation

88.

What is Migration?

a)

When animals eat what they want

b)

When animals travel from one place to another to eat or get away from the cold weather.

c)

When animals are taught how to do something.

89.

Choose a physical adaptation examples listed below

a)

Birds fly south for the winter

b)

A bird has a sharp beak

c)

A bear hibernates in the winter

90.

Birds migrate to find food and warmer temperatures.

a)

physical adaptation

b)

behavior adaptation

91.

A polar bear has white fur to make it harder to see.

a)

physical adaptation

b)

behavior adaptation

92.

Black bears hibernate during the winter months.

a)

physical adaptation

b)

behavior adaptation

93.

What does population mean with animal habitats?

a)

a group of animals that are different

b)

the amount of people living in a place

c)

a group of animals of the same kind

d)

a place where you live, work, and play

94.

What are 2 kinds of populations?

a)

giraffes and elephants living in the same place together

b)

a school or clown fish and a herd of cattle

c)

snakes and lizards living near a pond

d)

monkeys and toucans living in a tree in the rainforest

95.

What is an ecosystem?

a)

all the living and non living things living in a certain area

b)

the fish and turtles living in a pond

c)

giraffes living in the grasslands

d)

the water and rocks in a pond

96.

What are water related habitats called?

a)

terrestrial

b)

oceans

c)

ponds and marshlandsa

d)

aquatic

97.

What are land related habitats called?

a)

aquatic

b)

terrestrial

c)

community

d)

population

98.

What is a fresh water environment where the water sometimes moves quickly?

a)

oceans

b)

ponds

c)

rivers

d)

swamps

99.

Which of the following is a difference between oceans and rivers?

a)

has plants and animals

b)

are both aquatic environments

c)

both have salt water

d)

oceans have salt water and rivers have fresh water

100.

What might happen if half the population of wolves

decreased in a forest habitat?

a)

their prey would decrease

b)

their prey would increase

c)

there would be more wolves the next year

d)

it would have no affect

101.

The community in a habitat refers to —

a)

the plants and animals that live together

b)

the total number of a certain plant

c)

the total number of a certain animal

d)

the people who live there in a big group

102.

This environment has trees like oak and maple. There are 4 seasons, and deer and squirrels live there. This environment is a —

a)

swamp

b)

ocean

c)

forest

d)

rain forest

103.

Cacti, coyotes, and owls live in an environment with very little rainfall. What best describes this environment?

a)

grasslands

b)

forest

c)

desert

d)

rain forest

104.

Which animal lives in a water habitat and land habitat?

a)

Elephant

b)

Whale

c)

Duck

d)

Giraffe

105.

The population in a habitat refers to —

a)

all the plants and animals that live together

b)

the total number of a certain kind of animal

c)

all the plants in an environment

d)

all the animals in an environment

106.

What are several food chains connected called?

a)

Food web

b)

Food bank

c)

Food chain family

d)

Food chain population

107.

Look at the picture carefully. Decide if the picture shows a population or a community.


All of the animals in the rain forest.

a)

Population

b)

Community

108.

Look at each picture carefully. Decide if the picture shows a population or a community.


The deer in the forest.

a)

Population

b)

Community

109.

Look at each picture carefully. Decide if the picture shows a population or a community.


The sharks in the Pacific Ocean.

a)

Population

b)

Community

110.

Look at each picture carefully. Decide if the picture shows a population or a community.


All the species in the ocean.

a)

Population

b)

Community

111.

Look at each picture carefully. Decide if the picture shows a population or a community.


The penguins in Antarctica.

a)

Population

b)

Community

112.

Look at each picture carefully. Decide if the picture shows a population or a community.


All the organisms in the desert.

a)

Population

b)

Community

113.
a)
Population
b)
Community
114.
a)
Population
b)
Community
115.
a)
Population
b)
Community
116.
a)
Population
b)
Community
117.
a)
Population
b)
Community
118.

Making imprints of objects in clay is most useful for learning about _____________________.

a)

weathering

b)

fossils

c)

renewable resources

d)

the rock cycle

119.

You find a dinosaur footprint in a rock near your house. What is the BEST conclusion you can draw from this footprint about what happened many years ago?

a)

dinosaurs changed and adapted over time

b)

a meteor hit where you live

c)

dinosaurs once loved where you live

d)

dinosaurs were reptiles

120.

What happens to MOST dead plants and animals?

a)

sediment buries them

b)

they become fossils

c)

they quickly rot or get eaten

d)

they turn into water

121.

What can scientists most easily tell from a set of footprints that have become fossils?

a)

what the animal ate

b)

how many babies the animal had

c)

what kind of enemies the animal had

d)

how the animal moved

122.

What needs to happen for a bone to become a fossil?

a)

it must be buried

b)

it must rot

c)

it must be eaten

d)

it must be crushed

123.

A scientist finds shell fossils in a rock in the desert. What conclusion can the scientist make?

a)

Millions of years ago, the desert was an ocean.

b)

Millions of years ago, the desert was covered by ice.

c)

Millions of years ago, the desert was a rainforest.

d)

Millions of years ago, the desert was the top of a mountain.

124.

Scientists know that dinosaurs actually lived because ____________________________.

a)

people who have seen them told the scientists

b)

they have seen the dinosaurs

c)

they have found fossils of dinosaurs

d)

some animals alive today look like dinosaurs

125.

What can scientists learn about a particular dinosaur from studying its fossilized teeth?

a)

how big it was

b)

what its skin looked like

c)

what kind of food it ate

d)

how fast it would run

126.

What is a fossil?

a)

fossils are the preserved remains of plants or animals that lived long ago

b)

fossils are decayed remains of plants or animals

c)

fossils are imprints of leaves found in the mud

d)

fossils are humus found in soil

127.

Fossils can be found in:

a)

hardened tree sap

b)

sedimentary rock

c)

they can be petrified

d)

all of the above

128.

Scientist who studies fossils is called:

a)

doctors

b)

meteorologists

c)

paleontologists

d)

geologists

129.

Two fossils are found in a cold mountain region. One is a fish fossil and the other is a palm tree fossil. What can you infer about the environment in which these organisms lived?

a)

A warm ocean environment because fish are found in areas with water and palm trees are found in warm ocean environments.

b)

A cold mountain region because an environment cannot change its type of environment over time.

c)

A warm mountain region because since there are palm trees, the area needs to be warm.

d)

A hot desert because palm trees are found in hot areas.

130.

A third grader is tasked to create a model to show how a fossil is formed. What needs to happen first and why?

a)

The first step is that an animal dies because once any living thing dies, it will always start the fossilization process

b)

The first step is that an animal dies because once a living thing dies, it has the possibility of becoming a fossil.

c)

The first step is that the animal is buried by sediment because if it is buried by sediment, it will then die to become a fossil.

d)

The first step is that bone is slowly replaced with minerals because if they are replaced by minerals, then once it dies, it starts to fossilize.

131.

A group of friends were hiking to the top of a mountain. When they got to the top of the mountain, they discovered several fossils of animals like the one pictured above.

What clues does the fossil give you about how the animal moved and what type of habitat it lived in?

a)

This animal lived at the bottom of the mountain since it was discovered at the mountain, but the mountain rose in height over time

b)

This animal lived at the top of a mountain since that is the location it was discovered

c)

This animal lived in a water environment such as a lake or ocean since it has bones.

d)

This animal lived in a water environment since it has dorsal fins.

132.

A student is observing two fossils found in a warm wooded region. One fossil is of an animal and one of a plant. Both of these fossils appear to have the same characteristic that they retain water. What can you infer about the environment in which these organisms lived?

a)

The fossils are of organisms that once lived in an ocean because they need water in order to survive.

b)

The fossils are of organisms that once lived in a desert since these organisms are able to live where there is limited water.

c)

The fossils are of organisms that once lived on the coast next to the ocean because they lived on land, but need access to the ocean.

d)

The fossils are of organisms that once lived in a wooded area because there are a lot of types of plants and animals found in this region.

133.

Which layer of Earth is located above the outer core?

a)

crust

b)

inner core

c)

mantle

d)

lithosphere

134.
Which layer is the INNER CORE?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
135.
Which layer is the MANTLE?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
136.
Which layer is the CRUST?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
137.
Which layer is the CRUST?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
138.
What is the landform?
a)
Ocean
b)
Mountain
c)
Valley
d)
Plain
139.
What is the body of water?
a)
Ocean 
b)
Valley
c)
Plateau
d)
River
140.

Which is a Plateau

a)
b)
c)
141.

This land form is an opening in the earth where hot rock and lava can burst into the air.

a)

a blowhole

b)

a geyser

c)

a river

d)

a volcano

142.

A low area between two hills or mountains.

a)

Ocean

b)

Valley

c)

River

d)

Island

143.

Salt water bodies that cover almost 71% of Earth's surface.

a)

Lake

b)

Valley

c)

Mountain

d)

Ocean

144.

A piece of land that is surrounded by water on all sides.

a)

Island

b)

Plain

c)

River

d)

Valley

145.

An area of land that is surrounded by water on three sides.

a)

Peninsula

b)

Ocean

c)

Mountain

d)

Valley

146.

An area of water located in a dry or desert area is called a(n)

a)

basin

b)

bay

c)

swamp

d)

oasis

147.

A flat area of land which is higher than the surrounding area is called-

a)

PLAIN

b)

MOUNTAIN

c)

PLATEAU

d)

CANYON

148.

A large area covered with a wide range of flora and fauna-

a)

DESERT

b)

FOREST

c)

PLAIN

d)

PUDDLE

149.

Identify me- I am a/an

a)

river

b)

oasis

c)

delta

d)

waterfalls

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