Young plants and animals are like their parents, but not identical
1st grade (Year 2 in England) · 16 questions · Common Core: NGSS.1-LS3-1 · England: KS2 Y6 Evolution and inheritance, KS1 Y2 Animals, including humans
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Question 1
What does this chart of sheepdog puppies show?
- A. Sheepdogs can have kittens.
- B. Puppies with the same kind of parents can look different from each other.
- C. All puppies of the same kind are identical.
- D. Puppies choose their own colour.
Question 2
A black cat and a ginger cat have kittens. Which is most likely?
- A. The kittens are cats, and their colours may differ from each other.
- B. All the kittens are bright blue.
- C. The kittens are puppies.
- D. The kittens have feathers.
Question 3
True or false? All kittens in a litter have exactly the same markings.
- A. True
- B. False
Question 4
What does this chart of sheepdog puppies show?
- A. Sheepdogs can have kittens.
- B. Puppies with the same kind of parents can look different from each other.
- C. All puppies of the same kind are identical.
- D. Puppies choose their own colour.
Question 5
An oak tree drops acorns. What will the acorns grow into?
- A. any tree at all
- B. young oak trees
- C. sunflowers
- D. apple trees
Question 6
True or false? Seeds from a plant grow into the same kind of plant.
- A. True
- B. False
Question 7
All these puppies have sheepdog parents. Which coat colour was most common?
- A. white
- B. black
- C. brown
- D. spotted
Question 8
A litter of puppies all have the same parents. What do you notice?
- A. They look alike, but their markings and sizes are a bit different.
- B. They are all exactly identical.
- C. Each one looks like a different kind of animal.
- D. None of them look like dogs.
Question 9
True or false? An apple seed can grow into a rose bush.
- A. True
- B. False
Question 10
A farm recorded the coat colour of every puppy born from its sheepdogs this year. How many puppies were born altogether?
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Question 11
A black cat and a ginger cat have kittens. Which is most likely?
- A. The kittens have feathers.
- B. The kittens are puppies.
- C. The kittens are cats, and their colours may differ from each other.
- D. All the kittens are bright blue.
Question 12
True or false? An apple seed can grow into a rose bush.
- A. True
- B. False
Question 13
A farm recorded the coat colour of every puppy born from its sheepdogs this year. How many puppies were born altogether?
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Question 14
Two sunflower seeds from the same flower are planted side by side. What will you probably see?
- A. two sunflowers that are similar but slightly different in height
- B. one sunflower and one rose
- C. no plants at all
- D. two identical plastic flowers
Question 15
True or false? Young animals are the same kind of animal as their parents.
- A. True
- B. False
Question 16
All these puppies have sheepdog parents. Which coat colour was most common?
- A. white
- B. brown
- C. black
- D. spotted
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