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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? All animals live in groups.
- A. True
- B. False
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Question 2
How does living in a group help here: wolves hunting as a pack?
- A. adults protect the calves from lions
- B. they can catch animals much bigger than one wolf
- 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 3
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. Leaves are only cut at night.
- C. Thousands of ants share the different jobs.
- D. Fungus only grows near crowds.
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Question 4
True or false? All animals live in groups.
- A. True
- B. False
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Question 5
How does living in a group help here: elephants in a herd?
- A. they share warmth in freezing winds
- B. workers share jobs like collecting food and caring for young
- C. adults protect the calves from lions
- D. one warns the others when a hawk is near
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Question 6
Why do zebras stay close together in a herd?
- A. Many eyes spot danger, and the stripes confuse lions.
- B. To make it easier for lions to catch them.
- C. Because they cannot walk alone.
- D. To keep the grass warm.
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Question 7
True or false? In a beehive, different bees do different jobs.
- A. True
- B. False
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Question 8
How does living in a group help here: elephants in a herd?
- A. one warns the others when a hawk is near
- B. they can catch animals much bigger than one wolf
- C. adults protect the calves from lions
- D. it is hard for a predator to pick out one fish
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Question 9
What is one downside of living in a big group?
- A. Predators can never find groups.
- B. Groups are always too cold.
- C. Nobody ever helps anyone.
- D. Food must be shared, and illnesses spread more easily.
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Question 10
True or false? All animals live in groups.
- 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 can catch animals much bigger than one wolf
- C. it is hard for a predator to pick out one fish
- D. one warns the others when a hawk is near
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Question 12
What is one downside of living in a big group?
- A. Nobody ever helps anyone.
- B. Predators can never find groups.
- C. Food must be shared, and illnesses spread more easily.
- D. Groups are always too cold.
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Question 13
True or false? Fish swim in shoals to make it easier for predators.
- A. True
- B. False
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Question 14
How does living in a group help here: honeybees in a hive?
- A. workers share jobs like collecting food and caring for young
- B. one warns the others when a hawk is near
- C. it is hard for a predator to pick out one fish
- D. they share warmth in freezing winds
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Question 15
Why do zebras stay close together in a herd?
- A. To keep the grass warm.
- B. To make it easier for lions to catch them.
- C. Because they cannot walk alone.
- D. Many eyes spot danger, and the stripes confuse lions.
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Question 16
True or false? Fish swim in shoals to make it easier for predators.
- A. True
- B. False

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Answer key: Why some animals live in groups

1. B. False
2. B. they can catch animals much bigger than one wolf
3. C. Thousands of ants share the different jobs.
4. B. False
5. C. adults protect the calves from lions
6. A. Many eyes spot danger, and the stripes confuse lions.
7. A. True
8. C. adults protect the calves from lions
9. D. Food must be shared, and illnesses spread more easily.
10. B. False
11. D. one warns the others when a hawk is near
12. C. Food must be shared, and illnesses spread more easily.
13. B. False
14. A. workers share jobs like collecting food and caring for young
15. D. Many eyes spot danger, and the stripes confuse lions.
16. B. False