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Why some animals live in groups

3rd grade (Year 4 in England) · 16 questions · Common Core: NGSS.3-LS2-1 · England: KS2 Y4 Living things and their habitats

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Question 1
True or false? Living in a group can help animals stay warm.
- A. True
- B. False
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Question 2
How does living in a group help here: wolves hunting as a pack?
- A. workers share jobs like collecting food and caring for young
- B. it is hard for a predator to pick out one fish
- C. they can catch animals much bigger than one wolf
- D. they share warmth in freezing winds
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Question 3
What is one downside of living in a big group?
- A. Groups are always too cold.
- B. Predators can never find groups.
- C. Nobody ever helps anyone.
- D. Food must be shared, and illnesses spread more easily.
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Question 4
True or false? Fish swim in shoals to make it easier for predators.
- A. True
- B. False
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Question 5
How does living in a group help here: emperor penguins huddling together?
- A. workers share jobs like collecting food and caring for young
- B. it is hard for a predator to pick out one fish
- C. they share warmth in freezing winds
- D. one warns the others when a hawk is near
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Question 6
Leafcutter ants cut leaves, carry them home and grow a fungus on them to eat. Why can a colony do this but one ant cannot?
- A. Thousands of ants share the different jobs.
- B. Leaves are only cut at night.
- C. One ant is too lazy.
- D. Fungus only grows near crowds.
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Question 7
True or false? Living in a group has no downsides.
- A. True
- B. False
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Question 8
How does living in a group help here: emperor penguins huddling together?
- A. adults protect the calves from lions
- B. they share warmth in freezing winds
- C. workers share jobs like collecting food and caring for young
- D. one warns the others when a hawk is near
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Question 9
Why do zebras stay close together in a herd?
- A. Because they cannot walk alone.
- B. To keep the grass warm.
- C. Many eyes spot danger, and the stripes confuse lions.
- D. To make it easier for lions to catch them.
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Question 10
True or false? Living in a group has no downsides.
- A. True
- B. False
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Question 11
How does living in a group help here: meerkats taking turns as lookouts?
- A. workers share jobs like collecting food and caring for young
- B. they share warmth in freezing winds
- C. one warns the others when a hawk is near
- D. they can catch animals much bigger than one wolf
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Question 12
Leafcutter ants cut leaves, carry them home and grow a fungus on them to eat. Why can a colony do this but one ant cannot?
- A. One ant is too lazy.
- B. Fungus only grows near crowds.
- C. Leaves are only cut at night.
- D. Thousands of ants share the different jobs.
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Question 13
True or false? Living in a group can help animals stay warm.
- A. True
- B. False
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Question 14
How does living in a group help here: wolves hunting as a pack?
- A. one warns the others when a hawk is near
- B. workers share jobs like collecting food and caring for young
- C. they share warmth in freezing winds
- D. they can catch animals much bigger than one wolf
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Question 15
Geese fly in a V shape and take turns at the front. How does this help?
- A. It makes them fly slower.
- B. Birds behind save energy, and sharing the front spreads the hard work.
- C. It keeps them dry.
- D. It helps them see the ground.
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Question 16
True or false? Living in a group has no downsides.
- A. True
- B. False

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