4th grade animals and habitats
4th grade (Year 5 in England) · 16 questions · Common Core: NGSS.4-LS1-1, NGSS.SEP 4, NGSS.3-LS4-2, NGSS.4-LS1-2 · England: KS2 Y4 Living things and their habitats, KS2 Y6 Living things and their habitats, KS2 Y4 Animals, including humans
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Question 1
Which question would split a crab and a jellyfish?
- A. Is it an animal?
- B. Does it live in the sea?
- C. Is it alive?
- D. Does it have legs?
Question 2
Which special sense does this animal use: bat?
- A. echolocation: hears echoes of its own squeaks
- B. senses tiny electric signals from muscles of hidden fish
- C. feels its way with 22 fleshy tentacles on its nose
- D. sees ultraviolet patterns on flowers
Question 3
True or false? An animal's senses suit the way it lives and finds food.
- A. True
- B. False
Question 4
Carl Linnaeus gave each species a two-part scientific name. Which is an example?
- A. Tree Plant
- B. Homo sapiens
- C. Mammal Animal
- D. Big Cat
Question 5
Engineers copied bat echolocation to build which technology?
- A. microwave ovens
- B. light bulbs
- C. solar panels
- D. sonar on ships and parking sensors on cars
Question 6
Is a frog a vertebrate or an invertebrate?
- A. vertebrate
- B. invertebrate
Question 7
A crab sheds its shell as it grows. Why?
- A. It is too hot inside.
- B. The hard external shell cannot stretch, so it must be replaced by a bigger one.
- C. To change colour.
- D. Its shell is made of skin.
Question 8
Key: 1. Has feathers? Yes → go to 2. No → go to 3. 2. Can fly? Yes → robin. No → penguin. 3. Has fur? Yes → rabbit. No → frog. An animal has no feathers and no fur. What is it?
- A. rabbit
- B. frog
- C. robin
- D. penguin
Question 9
What does this internal structure do: brain?
- A. controls the body and processes information
- B. take in oxygen from water
- C. breaks down food
- D. supports and protects the body
Question 10
Which group has the most species on Earth?
- A. invertebrates
- B. birds
- C. mammals
- D. reptiles
Question 11
Which invertebrate group does a crab belong to?
- A. insect
- B. arachnid
- C. mollusc (mollusk)
- D. crustacean
Question 12
Is this an internal or an external structure: the skeleton of a dog?
- A. external (outside the body)
- B. internal (inside the body)
Question 13
Which question would split a crab and a jellyfish?
- A. Is it alive?
- B. Does it live in the sea?
- C. Is it an animal?
- D. Does it have legs?
Question 14
Which special sense does this animal use: rattlesnake (pit viper)?
- A. echolocation: hears echoes of its own squeaks
- B. heat-sensing pits that "see" warm prey
- C. feels its way with 22 fleshy tentacles on its nose
- D. senses tiny electric signals from muscles of hidden fish
Question 15
True or false? Bats are blind and use only smell.
- A. True
- B. False
Question 16
Carl Linnaeus gave each species a two-part scientific name. Which is an example?
- A. Mammal Animal
- B. Homo sapiens
- C. Tree Plant
- D. Big Cat
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