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ILEARN Science Practice #2

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

An invertebrate is...

a)

A type of plant.

b)

A type of insect.

c)

An animal with no backbone.

d)

An animal which lays eggs.

2.

Why is it important for scientists to classify animals?

a)

To compare many different types of animal

b)

To find out which animals live in trees

c)

To find out which animals eat them

d)

To help find animals in the wild

3.

All living things need —

a)

Parents, soil, and air

b)

food, clothes, and air

c)

love, food, and friends

d)

shelter, nutrients and water

4.

Which 3 things must ALL living things do?

a)

Reproduce

b)

Sleep

c)

Grow

d)

Excrete

5.

What does excretion mean?

a)

Something you get from food.​

b)

Breathing​

c)

Getting rid of waste.​

d)

When something occurs naturally.​

6.

A place where plants and animals live and grow naturally is called a ______________.

a)

soil

b)

sky

c)

habitat

d)

land

7.

A producer is

a)

An animal

b)

A plant that creates it's own energy.

c)

A predictor

d)

A carnivore.

8.

A consumer is

a)

a tree

b)

an animal or plant that gets its energy from eating

c)

an animal that lives in the dark and only comes out at night

d)

a business owner.

9.

Sounds are made when objects_________.

a)

touch

b)

vibrate

c)

are turned up.

d)

have a low pitch.

10.

The louder the sound

a)

the smaller the vibration.

b)

the bigger the vibration.

11.

What scientific term is used to describe how high or low a sound is?

a)

wave

b)

volume

c)

Pitch

d)

sound

12.
What supplies the energy in an electric circuit?
a)
light bulb
b)
conductor
c)
wire
d)
battery
13.
What is a switch's function in a circuit?
a)
to make the current hotter or colder
b)
turn on and off the flow of current
c)
the pathway that current flows
d)
to add more power to the circuit
14.

Which of the following is an insulator?

a)

an eraser

b)

a wire

c)

a penny

d)

a metal spoon

15.

Which of the following is a conductor?

a)

wood

b)

rubber

c)

metal

d)

plastic

16.
Tasha tested several items to see if they could conduct electricity.  Her data is shown below. What is the best claim she could make from her data?
a)
Wood is an insulator.
b)
Metal is an insulator.
c)
Keys are insulators.
d)
Toothpicks are conductors.
17.

What is the function of a simple machine?

a)

To do things for you

b)

To do something automatically

c)

To stop your hands hurting

d)

To reduce the amount of work needed to do something

18.

What type of simple machine is a slide?

a)

A wedge

b)

A ramp

c)

A lever

d)

A wheel and axle

19.

What type of simple machine is a knife?

a)

A wedge

b)

A screw

c)

A lever

d)

A ramp