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Science Topic 5 lessons 3&4

Total questions: 86

Worksheet time: 5hrs 37mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the part of the plant that protects the seeds? (choose 2 answers)

a)

the flower

b)

fruit

c)

stem

d)

roots

2.

Classify the plant.

a)

Flowering

b)

Non-Flowering

3.

Sara looks at the roots of a plant. What do the roots of a plant do?

a)

They take in water from the ground.

b)

They make food for the plant.

c)

They take in sunlight.

4.

Cones are found in which type of plant?

a)

Ferns

b)

Fruit trees

c)

Mosses

d)

Coniferous Trees

5.
a)

Non Flowering

b)

Flowering

6.

Owen looks at five plants. He classifies a fern, moss, and pine tree in one group. He classifies an orange tree and sunflowers in another group. Which characteristics did Owen use to classify the plants?

a)

woody stems and soft stems

b)

long, thin leaves and wide, round leaves

c)

flowering plants and non-flowering plants

d)

Plants that grow on rocks and plants that grow in soil

7.

What type of plant is this?

a)

Deciduous

b)

Flowering

c)

Evergreen

8.

An example of a flowering plant is

a)

a pine tree

b)

an orange tree

c)

a fern

d)

moss

9.

What type of plant is this?

a)

Deciduous

b)

Flowering

c)

Evergreen

10.

This plant produces cones instead of flowers.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

Mark noticed the tree in his front yard has cones and needles. What conclusion can he draw about the tree?

a)

It has flowers

b)

It has fruit

c)

It makes seeds

d)

It makes spores

12.

What is the name of trees that lose their leaves in the fall?

a)

deciduous

b)

spore

c)

coniferous

d)

invertebrate

13.

What is the name of a tree that keeps their leaves all year long?

a)

flowers

b)

cone

c)

deciduous

d)

coniferous

14.

Coniferous Forest

a)

b)

c)

d)

15.

Which biome is the driest? It receives less than 10 inches of rain a year.

a)

desert

b)

grassland

c)

deciduous forest

d)

tropical rain forest

16.

A plant that produces flowers with seeds is called a _________ _____?

a)

non

b)

flowering plant

c)

coniferous

d)

flower

17.

Coniferous or Deciduous?

a)

Coniferous

b)

Deciduous

18.

Coniferous or Deciduous?

a)

Coniferous

b)

Deciduous

19.

Coniferous or Deciduous?

a)

Coniferous

b)

Deciduous

20.

Coniferous or Deciduous?

a)

Coniferous

b)

Deciduous

21.

Coniferous or Deciduous?

a)

Coniferous

b)

Deciduous

22.

Coniferous or Deciduous?

a)

Coniferous

b)

Deciduous

23.

Coniferous or Deciduous?

a)

Coniferous

b)

Deciduous

24.

Coniferous or Deciduous?

a)

Coniferous

b)

Deciduous

25.

Coniferous or Deciduous?

a)

Coniferous

b)

Deciduous

26.

Coniferous or Deciduous?

a)

Coniferous

b)

Deciduous

27.

Coniferous or Deciduous?

a)

Coniferous

b)

Deciduous

28.

Which type of tree has cones as seeds?

a)

Coniferous

b)

Deciduous

29.

Which type of tree has flowers as seeds?

a)

Coniferous

b)

Deciduous

30.

Which type of tree are fruit trees?

a)

Coniferous

b)

Deciduous

31.

Which type of tree are Evergreens?

a)

Coniferous

b)

Deciduous

32.

The golden yellow color of a lion’s fur helps it bend into the African grasslands to help it hide from predators. This is an example of -

a)

Mimicry

b)

Camouflage

c)

Dormancy

d)

Migration

33.

A behavior that an animal is born with

a)

mimicry

b)

Instinct

c)

learned behavior

d)

behavioral adaptation

34.

Something that an animal does that helps it survive

a)

instinct

b)

physical adaptation

c)

behavioral adaptation

d)

learned behavior

35.

An animal uses _____ to help it blend in with its environment.

a)

camouflage

b)

migration

c)

shelter

d)

hibernation

36.

Some animals make a seasonal journey called ____ .

a)

adaptation

b)

migration

c)

hibernation

d)

mimicry

37.

A trait that helps a plant or animal survive

a)

instinct

b)

adaptation

c)

population

d)

camouflage

38.

A ____ is a group of organisms of the same kind that live in the same place.

a)

instinct

b)

adaptation

c)

population

d)

community

39.

A ___ is an impression of an organism in a petrified form as a mold or rock.

a)

claws

b)

adaptation

c)

fossil

d)

hibernation

40.

This is when an animal imitates (copies) the look of another animal. 

a)

Camoulage

b)

Hibernation

c)

Mimicry

d)

Adaptation

41.

Which of these shows an animal hibernating?

a)
b)
c)
d)
42.

This is something that an animal does without needing to be taught.

a)

learned behavior

b)

instinct behavior

c)

hunting

d)

community

43.

What would be a good title for this list of observations that a student made about animals?

a)

Physical Adaptations

b)

Types of Camouflage

c)

Types of Populations

d)

Behavioral Adaptations

44.

Which of the following is a type of physical adaptation?

a)

a baby deer standing shortly after birth

b)

a bear hibernating in the winter

c)

birds migrating as the seasons change

d)

sharp claws on a tiger

45.

In order to survive, animals act in different ways to gather and store food, find shelter, and ____.

a)

defend themselves

b)

form packs

c)

migrate

d)

save supplies

46.

Which of these is NOT a basic need for all animals?

a)

water

b)

protection from predators

c)

food

d)

friends

47.

Which of these birds can most likely swim?

a)
b)
c)
d)
48.

A paleontologist studies _____

a)

Ways that animals use adaptations to survive

b)

The food that animals eat

c)

How populations adapt to their environment

d)

Fossil evidence to learn about the past

49.

Which of the following is a learned behavior?

a)

A baby duck following it's mother in the pond.

b)

A bird flying south in the winter

c)

A seal balancing a ball on it's nose.

d)

A spider spinning a web to catch food.

50.

The place where an organism lives in an ecosystem.

a)

habitat

b)

resource

c)

adaptation

d)

community

51.

This is when an animal goes into a deep sleep causing it's body activity to slow down due to seasonal changes.

a)

mimicry

b)

migration

c)

hibernation

d)

camflage

52.

What does behavior mean?

a)

how an animal acts

b)

what an animal eats

c)

when an animal sleeps

d)

where an animal lives

53.

What is it called when an animal acts like another animal to survive?

a)

prey

b)

camouflage

c)

mimicry

d)

habitat

54.

An animal needs a shelter for

a)

hiding from its enemies

b)

staying dry when it is raining

c)

staying warm in the winter

d)

all of the above

55.

Long pointed teeth are an adaptation for an animal that eats

a)

tree leaves

b)

grass

c)

meat

d)

insects

56.

Some animals have colors and shapes which allow them to blend into their environments. This is called _____.

a)

mimicry

b)

camouflage

c)

hibernation

d)

instinct

57.

An ____________ is any body part, body covering, or behavior that helps keep an animal alive.

a)

hibernation

b)

migration

c)

observation

d)

adaptation

58.

A behavior that an animal has at birth and does not need to learn:

a)

habitat

b)

instinct

c)

learned behavior

d)

body coverings

59.

When animals travel from one are to another and back as the seasons change, they are _________.

a)

migrating

b)

hibernating

c)

preying

d)

growing

60.

A bird will not eat a Viceroy butterfly because it looks like a Monarch butterfly. This is an example of ____.

a)

Camouflage

b)

Mimicry

c)

Predators

d)

Migration

61.

Because birds eat different kinds of food, they have different kinds of __________.

a)

feet

b)

wings

c)

nests

d)

beaks

62.

Check the four things animals need to live:

a)

food

b)

friends

c)

air

d)

water

e)

shelter

63.

When a dog knows how to do tricks like speak, shake, or roll over , it is called _________.

a)

learned behavior

b)

instinct

c)

mimicry

d)

physical adaptations

64.

Which are examples of physical adaptations?

a)

hibernation

b)

sharp claws

c)

playing dead to escape

d)

heavy fur

e)

large ears for cooling down

65.

Which are examples of behavioral adaptations?

a)

migration

b)

hibernation

c)

a curved beak

d)

huddling in groups for warmth

e)

camouflaged feathers

66.

A tiger has striped fur. Why does it have this adaptation?

a)

to look scarier to its prey

b)

to blend in so it can sneak up on prey

c)

to keep warm

d)

to let other tigers know it is nearby

67.

The collection of eight planets and their moons in orbit around the sun is known as the...

a)

Solar System

b)

Milky way

c)

Universe

d)

Galaxy

68.

A system of millions or billions of stars, together with gas and dust, held together by gravitational attraction is considered a...

a)

Milk way

b)

Asteroid

c)

Sun

d)

Galaxy

69.

The star at the center of the solar system is called the...

a)

Super Star

b)

Sun

c)

Moon

d)

Asteroid

70.

​Any massive self-luminous celestial body of gas that shines by radiation derived from its internal energy sources is called a...

a)

Sun

b)

Planet

c)

Star

d)

Asteroid

71.

A large natural object that orbits or travels around stars is called a...

a)

Planet

b)

Asteroid

c)

Rock

d)

Moon

72.
Earth and the other planets closest to the Sun are made mostly of _______
a)
gas
b)
metal
c)
water
d)
rock
73.
One full orbit of an object around another object is called a ________.
a)
axis
b)
rotation
c)
revolution
d)
satellite
74.
Which is the largest object in our solar system?
a)
Sun
b)
Jupiter
c)
Earth
d)
Pluto
75.

Which planet is closest to the sun?

a)

Uranus

b)

Mercury

c)

Neptune

d)

Earth

76.

Which planet is third from the sun?

a)

Mars

b)

Pluto

c)

Venus

d)

Earth

77.

One of the main differences between the outer and inner planets is __________.

a)

The inner planets all have water

b)

the inner planets are much bigger than the outer planets

c)

the outer planets are gas planets

d)

the outer planets have rings, and the inner planets don't

78.

This planet is the same size as Earth and is the brightest of all planets.

a)

Jupiter

b)

Saturn

c)

Venus

d)

Mars

79.

What is the only planet in our Solar System that life can survive on?

a)

Neptune

b)

Jupiter

c)

Earth

d)

Mars

80.
The outer planets are...
a)
Rocky and small
b)
Very large and made of ice
c)
Small and made of ice
d)
Very large and made of gases
81.

What holds the planets in their orbits around the sun?

a)

gravity

b)

speed

c)

string

d)

air currents

82.
Which object has the most gravity?
a)
Earth
b)
moon
c)
Jupiter
d)
sun
83.

What's the order of the outer planets

a)

Jupiter, Pluto Saturn, Mars

b)

Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

c)

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars

d)

Pluto, Mars, Saturn, Jupiter

84.
What planet is eighth in the Solar System?
a)
Uranus
b)
Jupiter
c)
Neptune
d)
Mars
85.

How many days does it take the Earth to revolve around the Sun?

a)

30 days

b)

365 days

c)

100 days

d)

40 days

86.
Which planet is the largest in the solar system?
a)
Earth
b)
Venus
c)
Saturn
d)
Jupiter