5th grade animals and habitats
5th grade (Year 6 in England) · 16 questions · Common Core: NGSS.4-LS1-1, NGSS.5-LS2-1 · England: KS2 Y6 Living things and their habitats
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Question 1
Is this microorganism helpful or harmful: bacteria turning milk into yoghurt?
- A. helpful
- B. harmful
Question 2
Which invertebrate group does this belong to: mussel?
- A. insect
- B. arachnid
- C. crustacean
- D. mollusc
Question 3
Three of these are arachnids. Which one is NOT?
- A. harvestman
- B. shrimp
- C. scorpion
- D. tick
Question 4
Why did scientist Carl Linnaeus give every species a two-part scientific name?
- A. To hide species from people.
- B. So scientists everywhere use the same name for the same species.
- C. Because animals asked for names.
- D. To make names longer.
Question 5
True or false? Microorganisms are living things too small to see without a microscope.
- A. True
- B. False
Question 6
Why does bread dough rise when yeast is added?
- A. Yeast feeds on sugar and gives off carbon dioxide gas bubbles.
- B. The oven pulls the dough up.
- C. Yeast is a kind of air.
- D. Yeast makes the flour heavier.
Question 7
Is this microorganism helpful or harmful: microbes breaking down compost?
- A. helpful
- B. harmful
Question 8
Which invertebrate group does this belong to: bee?
- A. insect
- B. arachnid
- C. crustacean
- D. mollusc
Question 9
Three of these are crustaceans. Which one is NOT?
- A. shrimp
- B. lobster
- C. woodlouse
- D. scorpion
Question 10
Why did scientist Carl Linnaeus give every species a two-part scientific name?
- A. Because animals asked for names.
- B. So scientists everywhere use the same name for the same species.
- C. To hide species from people.
- D. To make names longer.
Question 11
True or false? Antibiotics cure illnesses caused by viruses.
- A. True
- B. False
Question 12
How did Alexander Fleming's discovery of penicillin in 1928 help people?
- A. It made bread rise faster.
- B. It led to antibiotics, medicines that kill harmful bacteria.
- C. It cured colds caused by viruses.
- D. It made food last for ever.
Question 13
Is this microorganism helpful or harmful: germs that cause a sore throat?
- A. helpful
- B. harmful
Question 14
Which invertebrate group does this belong to: octopus?
- A. insect
- B. arachnid
- C. crustacean
- D. mollusc
Question 15
Three of these are insects. Which one is NOT?
- A. bee
- B. ant
- C. butterfly
- D. octopus
Question 16
Why did scientist Carl Linnaeus give every species a two-part scientific name?
- A. To make names longer.
- B. So scientists everywhere use the same name for the same species.
- C. To hide species from people.
- D. Because animals asked for names.
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