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WorksheetsHMH Unit 8 Science Quiz
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 2hrs 40mins
The lobster is an example of an arthropod. Look at the picture of the lobster. Which letter clearly shows that arthropods have a body that is divided into segments?
Jeanne saw a tiny creature. it had six legs and a hard outer covering. it also had one eye on each side of its head.
Jeanne claimed this was an insect and not a spider. Which evidence below supports her claim?
The creature had a head
The creature had six legs
The creature had two eyes
The creature had an outer covering
Many animals live in Florida's coastal waters. Pictured is one of those animals.
This animal is not an arthropod. Still, it shares one characteristic with arthropods.
Which characteristic does it share with an arthropod?
It has no backbone
It lives in the ocean
It does not have any limbs (legs, arms)
Its outer shell splits in two
Ms. Li owns a flower shop. She finds a strange-looking bug in the flowers. She knows the bug is an insect and not a spider because (a)
the bug has 3 main body parts
the bug has a hard covering over its body
the bug has jointed limbs that it uses to crawl
the bug has a body that is segmented
Dewan's class is making a list of invertebrates. Dewan adds an animal to the list that is not an arthropod. Which of the following animals does Dewan add to the invertebrate list?
Florida Chorus Frog
Florida Moon Jellyfish
Florida Black Scorpion
Florida Tortoise Beetle
A tick is an arthropod. A turtle is a reptile.
What do a tick and a turtle have in common?
size
backbone
lungs
hard covering
People confuse insects and spiders. What is one main difference between insects and spiders?
Insects have 6 legs, and spiders have 8 legs.
Insects are arthropods, but spiders are not arthropods.
Insects have more legs than spiders do.
Insects do not have backbones, but spiders do have backbones
Students in Ann's class make a table to describe their pets.
Students write yes or no to tell whether the pet has each characteristic.
According to the table, whose pet is a reptile? (a)
Ann's
Ahmad's
Miha's
Keith's
Xaden classifies a fern plant, a rose bush, moss, and an evergreen tree.
Which 2 plants will Xaden classify as nonflowering plants that reproduce through spores.
Fern and Rose Bush
Fern and Moss
Moss an Evergreen
Rose Bush and Evergreen Tree
Dain is making a poster about flamingos. tortoises, and frogs.
What is one way that all of these animals are alike?
They lay eggs.
They have feathers.
They use gills for breathing.
They have scales on their skin.
Liam reads a book about sea animals. The picture shows some of the animals that he reads about.
Which animal is a mammal?
Students in Violet's class make posters about different animals. The picture shows some of the animals on the posters.
Which of the animals are amphibians (choose two)
Jana's class takes a nature museum. One display tells about forest animals that lay eggs
Deer
Rabbit
Racoon
Snake
While walking through a rainforest, Mira sees moss growing on a rock.
Moss produces (a) .
spores
fruit
seeds
flowers
Cat has a fern in her room. Which classification does Cat's plant belong?
cone-bearing
spore-producing
flowering
moss
Garrick classifies a plant as a nonflowering, seed-bearing plant.
Which evience explains his choice?
He sees cones
He sees spores
He sees petals and leaves
He sees spores and needles
Professor Devera's class takes a nature hike. How do the students identify a fern plant?
Look for petals and flowers
Look for cones that grow along branches
Look for brown spores
Look for fuzzy patches that grow near the ground
A student observes a rose bush, fern and a pine tree. Which of those can be classified as seed-bearing?
(select more than one answer)
rose bush
fern
pine tree
Geckos are the second largest group of lizards in the world. Another type of animal that is the sam type of vertebrate as a gecko is a(n) (a)
frog
penguin
raccoon
alligator
Mrs. Stansell's class studies seeds and plants that reproduce through seeds. Which of the following is true about seeds?
All fern plants make seeds
Only flowering plants make seeds
Mosses and flowering plants make seeds
Nonflowering plants with cones make seeds.
