NEW
Font size
Worksheets5th Grade U3L1 Pre-assessment (Extinction)
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
The orangutan is endangered because _______________.
there are too many
the forests they live in are being cut down
they can find food easily
there are no more left alive
Could you find a woolly mammoth alive today?
Yes, many woolly mammoths are alive on all continents today.
Yes, a few woolly mammoths live in zoos.
c. Yes, a few woolly mammoths are alive in the wild.
No, woolly mammoths are not alive today.
Which animal might be endangered right now?
woolly mammoth
Asian Carp
Gorillas
dinosaurs
4. Which is not a reason that an animal might go extinct?
lose of habitat
pollution
excess food supply
hunting
5. A bird called the dodo is extinct. That means there are _____.
a. many living dodos
b. dodos alive in zoos and museums
c. no more living dodos
d. only a few dodos still alive
6. A man says he took a photograph of a living dinosaur! Could this be true?
No, dinosaurs died out before people lived.
No, all dinosaur photographs are in museums.
Yes, the photograph could be very old.
Yes, he might have taken the photograph himself.
7. Which animal is extinct?
a
b
c
d
8. In which category is the saber-toothed cat found?
a. thriving
b. threatened
c. endangered
d. extinct
9. Dylan sorted animals into groups in the chart below.
How did Dylan sort the animals in the chart?
a. by what they eat
b. by the number of legs
c. by extinct and living
d. by their ability to fly
10. Can an animal go from being extinct to being endangered?
Yes, if two different animal mate, they can breed an extinct animal
No, extinct means that all the animal of that species have died out.
Yes, extinct means there are only a few left.
Yes, endangered animals always become extinct.
