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Grade 2 Q2 Science Review

Total questions: 74

Worksheet time: 55mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a vertebrate animal?

a)

An animal with no backbone

b)

An animal with a backbone

c)

An animal that has lungs

d)

An animal that can swim

2.

Mammals, fish, reptiles, amphibians and birds are ________________

a)

invertebrates animals

b)

mammals

c)

insects

d)

vertebrate animals.

3.

Which one is a mammal?

a)
b)
c)
4.

Which one is a bird?

a)
b)
c)
5.

Which one is NOT a fish?

a)
b)
c)
6.

Reptiles are....

a)

vertebrates

b)

invertebrates

c)

fish

7.

Which one is an amphibian?

a)
b)
c)
8.

Which one is a reptile?

a)
b)
c)
9.

Birds have

a)

fur

b)

scales

c)

feathers

d)

moist skin

10.

Fish have

a)

feathers

b)

scales

c)

fur

11.

Fish have

a)

legs

b)

fins

c)

lungs

12.

Have the invertebrates got a backbone?

a)

yes

b)

no

13.

Use the diagram/picture to answer the question.
What is a good description for this picture?

a)

A food chain

b)

An ecosystem

c)

A food web

14.
Which organism in the food web is a producer?
a)
Mouse
b)
Owl
c)
Green Plant
d)
Snake
15.
Which organism in this food web is an herbivore?
a)
Frog
b)
Grasshopper
c)
Mouse
d)
Snake
16.
Which organism in this food web is a carnivore?
a)
Mouse
b)
Grasshopper
c)
Green Plant
d)
Snake
17.
Which organism on the food web is an omnivore?
a)
Snake
b)
Mouse
c)
Grasshopper
d)
Green Plant
18.
An animal that consumes the left over parts of an animal.
a)
Decomposer
b)
Carnivore
c)
Scavenger
d)
Predator
19.
An animal that eats only plants.
a)
Carnivore
b)
Herbivore
c)
Omnivore
d)
Producer
20.
An animal that eats both plants and animals.
a)
Producer
b)
Consumer
c)
Carnivore
d)
Omnivore
21.
An animal that hunts, kills, and eats another animal.
a)
Predator
b)
Prey
c)
Herbivore
d)
Carnivore
22.
The source of where all energy comes from in a food web.
a)
Producers
b)
The Sun
c)
Ecosystems
23.

A simple "line" of plants and animals that transfer energy by the process of eating.

a)

Food Chain

b)

Food Web

c)

Ecosystem

d)

Decomposers

24.
An organism that needs to eat other organisms to obtain energy is known as a:
a)

Scavenger

b)
Producer
c)
Consumer
25.

A community of living and non-living things in their natural environment makes up a 

a)
food web
b)
ecosystem
c)
food chain
d)
population
26.
What is a herbivore?
a)

An animal that gets energy from eating other animals.

b)

An organism that gets energy from eating only plants.

c)

An animal that gets energy by eating both plants and other animals.

d)

An animal that eats only herbs.

27.

An animal that is hunted and eaten for food is called __________.

a)
predator
b)
prey
c)
population
28.
An organism that gets energy from breaking down dead organisms, non-living material or waste is a(an) ___________.
a)
producer
b)
consumer
c)
decomposer
29.

Name the habitat.

a)

polar region

b)

ocean

c)

jungle

d)

desert

30.

What do you find in the desert?

a)

tiger

b)

penguin

c)

camel

d)

shark

31.

Rainforest and grassland habitats are similar in...................

a)

Types of animals

b)

Types of plants

c)

Tall trees

d)

Warm weather

32.

A place where an organism gets everything it needs to survive.

a)

Community

b)

Population

c)

Habitat

d)

Region

33.

Where does the monkey live?

a)

Desert

b)

Rainforest

c)

Grassland

d)

Wetland

34.
A habitat is a specific place that an animal lives.
a)
True
b)
False
35.
______________ is home to a huge number of plants and animals and it rains A LOT.
a)
Desert
b)
Rainforest
c)
Grasslands
d)
Ocean
36.
A habitat that is very hot and very dry is called a ___________.
a)
savanna
b)
grasslands
c)
tundra
d)
desert
37.
Animals that adapt...
a)
Stay the same
b)
Change certain characteristics to survive
c)
Bake cookies
38.
Growing thick fur is part of an 
a)
hibernation
b)
adaptation 
c)
migration
39.

What type of habitat might a gazelle live in?

a)

Grasslands

b)

Rainforest

c)

Desert

d)

Rainforest

40.

Choose ALL the items that are living things

a)

People

b)

Rocks

c)

Plants

d)

Animals

41.
A habitat where the land is covered with water is called a __________.
a)
ocean
b)
coral reef
c)
tundra
d)
wetlands
42.

What does dispersal mean?

a)

To germinate

b)

To move away from the adult plant

c)

To grow into an adult

d)

To become a mature seed

43.

Why do seeds need to get away from the parent plant?

a)

to have space to grow

b)

the seed needs a quiet space

c)

the parent cannot raise offspring

d)

because it will use the parents resources

44.

Which seed travels in the ocean?

a)

coconut

b)

dandelion

c)

sunflower

d)

tomato

45.

How are dandelion seeds dispersed?

a)

by animals

b)

by explosion or bursting

c)

by wind

46.

How are coconuts dispersed?

a)

by animals

b)

by water

c)

by wind

47.

I am a plant that has hooks to cling to animal fur. What is likely my dispersal method?

a)
wind
b)
water 
c)
animals
d)
explosive action
48.

Seed dispersal is the ________________.

a)

process of moving water from one place to another

b)

process of moving pollen from one place to another

c)

process of moving seeds from one place to another

49.
Name the moon phase
a)
First Quarter
b)
Last Quarter
c)
New Moon
d)
Full Moon
50.

Where does the light reflection on the moon come from?

a)

Nuclear Fusion

b)

Sunlight

c)

Mirrors

d)

Flood Lights

51.

How long does it take the moon to orbit around Earth?

a)

day

b)

year

c)

week

d)

about a month

52.
How many phases does the moon go through?
a)
4
b)
8
c)
10
d)
16
53.
The moon ____________ or goes around the Earth.
a)
orbits
b)
cries
c)
climbs
54.
Changes in the moon's appearance are
a)
phases
b)
eclipses
c)
stages
d)
cycle
55.

Name the moon phase

a)

Waning Crescent

b)

Waxing Gibbous

c)

Waning Gibbous

56.

What causes the moon's phases

a)

Where you are standing on Earth

b)

the amount of sunlight reflected onto the moon from the sun

c)

The tilt of Earth

d)

how fast the moon is moving

57.

What is the moon mostly made of?

a)

Green Cheese

b)

Hot gases

c)

Lava

d)

Rocks

58.

Which phase below is NOT a phase of the moon?

a)

New Moon

b)

Waxing Crescent

c)

Old Moon

d)

Waning Gibbous

59.

Select the moon phase shown.

a)

First Quarter

b)

Full Moon

c)

New Moon

d)

Third Quarter

60.

Select the moon phase shown.

a)

Waning Crescent

b)

Waning Gibbous

c)

Waxing Crescent

d)

Waxing Gibbous

61.

When the sun gets higher in the sky, shadows get ______.

a)

longer

b)

gone

c)

shorter

d)

darker

62.

When the sun gets lower in the sky, shadows get______.

a)

longer

b)

gone

c)

shorter

d)

darker

63.

Shadows are shortest around______.

a)

morning and evening

b)

noon

c)

night

64.

The sun appears to __________.

a)

rise in the east, set in the west

b)

rise in the west, set in the east

65.
Where does the sun rise? 
a)
North
b)
South
c)
East
d)
West
66.
Where does the sun set? 
a)
North 
b)
South
c)
East
d)
West
67.
Which light source causes shadows in the outdoor environment? 
a)
The Sun
b)
The Lightbulb
c)
The House
d)
The School
68.

When the Sun is behind you, your shadow is ...

a)

behind you

b)

in front of you

c)

at the side of you

d)

not there

69.

Behavioral adaptations…

a)

Are things the animals do to survive

b)

Are physical characteristics of an animal or plant

c)

Are only found in plants

70.

If an animal has sharp teeth, I know

a)

it eats plants (herbivore)

b)

it eats meat (carnivore)

c)

it uses camouflage for protection

d)

it hibernates for the winter

71.

Plants store water to help them survive in the desert by having:

a)

Thick stems and waxy leaves

b)

short roots

c)

thorns and spines

72.

Birds have different beaks to help them survive in their habitat, which is a type of ___________ adaptation.

a)

behavioral

b)

physical

c)

learned

d)

migration

73.

Squirrels gather and store acorns for the winter, which is a ___________ adaptation.

a)

behavioral

b)

structural

c)

physical

d)

environmental

74.

an animal without a backbone

a)

vertebrate

b)

invertebrate