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An organism has many cells, lives in the hot desert, has hair covering its body, and gives live birth. In which kingdom would this organism most likely belong?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Which living has cells that use light energy to make its own food?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Plant
Prost
Animal
Bacteria
Bird
Tree
Lizard
Insect
Q1
Which of the following is a taxa group for plants?
a.
b.
c.
d.
pine trees
mammals
ferns
fish
Q2
A scienst finds an organism for the first me and classifies it. What will her classificaon tell other sciensts about the organism?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Q3
Where it lives
What it likes to eat
How big the organism is
What its characteriscs are
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Which organism is classified as cold‐blooded ?
a.
b.
c.
d.
arthropod
conifer
mammal
bird
What does exoskeleton mean?
a. Having a b ackbone
b. Skeleton on the outside of the body
c. Skeleton on the inside of the body
d. Being able to see through an animal
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Q6
Kyle places different organisms into the two groups shown below. Which organism belongs in the vertebrate group?
Give three characteriscs of mammals:
Vertebrates
Invertebrates
Camel
Buerfly
Crocodile Crab
________ Octopus
warm‐blooded
hair/fur
produces milk for young
a.
b.
c.
d.
snake
shrimp
beetle
earthworm
Q7
Q8
All of the following are part of the taxonomic groups of animals. Which is NOT?
1.
mammals
2.
echinoderms
3.
fish
4.
arthropods
5. annelids
6. crustaceans
7. birds
Write the two warm‐blooded taxa groups on the lines below.
birds
mammals
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Which of the following is a living part of an ecosystem?
Which of the following is a non‐living part of an ecosystem?
a.
b.
c.
d.
a.
b.
c.
d.
Fish
Trees
Fungi
Water
Q11
Q12
Which of these is a way that compeon
What is an ecosystem ?
a.
b.
c.
d. The places in an ecosystem where an organism can be found
Q13
Which of these is an example of a learned behavior ?
Bullfrogs swimming
A dog catching a frisbee
Turtles migrang
Baby mammals suckling on their mother
Q15
helps ecosystems?
a.
The strongest and healthiest organisms are most likely to survive.
b.
Prey organisms gradually disappear from the ecosystem.
c.
Populaons of compeng species will increase.
d.
There will be more food for each individual to eat.
All living and non‐living things in a habitat working together
The role an organism plays in an ecosystem
The nest or burrow where an organism sleeps at night
a.
b.
c.
d.
air
soil
rocks
plants
Q14
A forest fire caused a forest to completely burn down. What happens to all of the animals?
a.
b.
c.
d.
They go exnct
They move to a different locaon
They adapt
They all become endangered
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Give three physical characteriscs of a polar bear.
Scienst _______________ organisms based on their physical and behavioral characteriscs.
big paws
fur
a. group
b. classify
c. name
d. decide
large canine teeth
Q17
Of the following, what trait might you have inherited from your parents?
1. snoring
2. being acve
3. hair color
4. tying your shoe
Q19
A baby bear watches its mom catch food from a stream. What behaviors are evident here?
1. baby bear = learned behavior
mom bear = learned behavior
2. baby bear = behavioral adaptaon
mom bear = learned behavior
3. baby bear = learned behavior
mom bear = physical adaptaon Q20
Q21
Adaptation means to _____________________.
A baby bear hiding in its den is an example of being influenced by:
1. get food
a. external cues
2. grow hair
b. internal cue
3. change
c. inherited
4. exist
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A fox eats because its _______________ is telling the fox it's hungry.
1. external cue
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A wolf is influenced by its _________________, and therefore sheds some fur in the warmer months, and builds its coat in the winter months.
1. pack
2. internal cue
2. home
3. ecosystem
4. environment
Q25
_________________ is passing on of characteriscs from parent to young.
Q26
Below is a physical characterisc of a turtle and how it helps it survive.
a. shell ‐ move slow
a. jeans
b. claws ‐ to catch prey
b. heredity
c. shell ‐ to protect itself
c. behaviors
d. claws ‐ to eat its food Q27
Q28
Name two characteriscs of a reple.
Name a characterisc of an amphibian.
scales
moist skin
backbone
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Give three behavioral characteriscs of a rabbit.
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Animals without a backbone are called ____________________.
1. _______________________________
2. _______________________________
3. _______________________________
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