3rd grade animals and habitats

Question 1

True or false? A butterfly hatches straight from its egg with wings.

• A. True
• B. False

Question 2

What is metamorphosis?

• A. an animal moving to a new habitat
• B. an animal laying eggs
• C. an animal eating plants
• D. a big change in body shape as an animal grows up

Question 3

What do the life cycles of a frog, a chicken and a cat ALL have?

• A. a tadpole stage
• B. feeding young on milk
• C. a pupa stage
• D. birth or hatching, growth, becoming an adult, and reproducing

Question 4

Adaptations: which statement is NOT true?

• A. An adaptation is a feature that helps a living thing survive in its habitat.
• B. Cactus spines help reduce water loss and protect it from animals.
• C. Animals choose to grow adaptations when they need them.
• D. Some animals use camouflage to hide from predators.

Question 5

Why do camels have wide, flat feet?

• A. so they do not sink into soft sand
• B. to climb trees
• C. to dig for water
• D. to swim fast

Question 6

Are the young of this animal born live or do they hatch from eggs: salmon?

• A. born live
• B. hatch from eggs

Question 7

What is a likely effect of this change: Arctic sea ice melts earlier each spring?

• A. flowers may bloom before the insects that feed on them hatch
• B. woodland birds lose nest sites and many move away
• C. polar bears have less time to hunt seals on the ice
• D. animal homes are split and crossing becomes dangerous

Question 8

Adaptations: which statement is true?

• A. Animals choose to grow adaptations when they need them.
• B. Every animal can live in every habitat.
• C. Fish have gills to take oxygen from water.
• D. A giraffe's neck grew longer because its parents stretched.

Question 9

True or false? When a habitat changes, some living things move away.

• A. True
• B. False

Question 10

Which survival trick is this: a wasp's yellow and black stripes?

• A. camouflage (blending in)
• B. warning colours
• C. mimicry (copying another animal)

Question 11

True or false? A hoverfly can sting like a wasp.

• A. True
• B. False

Question 12

Why is camouflage useful to a predator such as a tiger?

• A. It helps it swim.
• B. It scares prey away.
• C. It makes it poisonous.
• D. It can creep close to prey without being seen.

Question 13

Which kind of animal is most at risk when its habitat changes?

• A. one that can fly far
• B. one that can live in many places
• C. one that eats many foods
• D. one that can eat only one kind of food and lives in only one place

Question 14

In the life cycle of a chicken, what comes straight after "egg"?

• A. chick hatches
• B. young chicken
• C. adult hen