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3rd grade animals and habitats

3rd grade (Year 4 in England) · 14 questions · Common Core: NGSS.3-LS1-1, NGSS.3-LS4-3, NGSS.4-LS1-1, NGSS.3-LS4-2 · England: KS2 Y5 Living things and their habitats, KS1 Y2 Animals, including humans, KS2 Y6 Evolution and inheritance

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Question 1
Are the young of this animal born live or do they hatch from eggs: horse?
- A. born live
- B. hatch from eggs
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Question 2
What is a likely effect of this change: a pond dries up in a drought?
- A. frogs and fish that cannot leave may die
- B. animal homes are split and crossing becomes dangerous
- C. woodland birds lose nest sites and many move away
- D. flowers may bloom before the insects that feed on them hatch
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Question 3
A salmon hatches in a river, swims to the sea, then returns to the same river to lay eggs. Which stage is this?
- A. the larva
- B. the egg
- C. metamorphosis into a frog
- D. the adult reproducing
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Question 4
True or false? All animals give birth to live young.
- A. True
- B. False
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Question 5
How does a polar bear's thick layer of fat help it?
- A. It helps it see in the dark.
- B. It keeps the bear warm.
- C. It makes it lighter.
- D. It helps it breathe under water.
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Question 6
A wetland is drained to build houses. What can the ducks living there do?
- A. grow gills
- B. live inside the new houses
- C. fly to another wetland if one is nearby
- D. turn into land animals overnight
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Question 7
Adaptations: which statement is NOT true?
- A. Cactus spines help reduce water loss and protect it from animals.
- B. Fish have gills to take oxygen from water.
- C. Animals choose to grow adaptations when they need them.
- D. An adaptation is a feature that helps a living thing survive in its habitat.
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Question 8
True or false? A snowy owl's white feathers are camouflage in snow.
- A. True
- B. False
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Question 9
Which survival trick is this: a poison dart frog's bright colours?
- A. camouflage (blending in)
- B. warning colours
- C. mimicry (copying another animal)
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Question 10
Adaptations: which statement is true?
- A. Animals choose to grow adaptations when they need them.
- B. Cactus spines help reduce water loss and protect it from animals.
- C. A giraffe's neck grew longer because its parents stretched.
- D. Every animal can live in every habitat.
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Question 11
What is metamorphosis?
- A. a big change in body shape as an animal grows up
- B. an animal eating plants
- C. an animal laying eggs
- D. an animal moving to a new habitat
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Question 12
In the life cycle of a ladybird (ladybug), what comes straight after "egg"?
- A. larva
- B. pupa
- C. adult ladybird
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Question 13
True or false? Changes to habitats are always caused by people.
- A. True
- B. False
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Question 14
A hoverfly has wasp-like stripes but cannot sting. How does this help it?
- A. It can now sting.
- B. It helps it make honey.
- C. Predators think it might sting and avoid it.
- D. It keeps it warm.

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Answer key: 3rd grade animals and habitats

1. A. born live
2. A. frogs and fish that cannot leave may die
3. D. the adult reproducing
4. B. False
5. B. It keeps the bear warm.
6. C. fly to another wetland if one is nearby
7. C. Animals choose to grow adaptations when they need them.
8. A. True
9. B. warning colours
10. B. Cactus spines help reduce water loss and protect it from animals.
11. A. a big change in body shape as an animal grows up
12. A. larva
13. B. False
14. C. Predators think it might sting and avoid it.