Compare how long mammals grow before birth
5th grade (Year 6 in England) · 16 questions · Common Core: NGSS.3-LS1-1, NGSS.SEP 4 · England: KS2 Y5 Animals, including humans
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Question 1
Mice have a gestation of about 3 weeks. How does this fit the pattern?
- A. Small mammal, very long gestation
- B. It breaks the pattern completely
- C. Small mammal, short gestation
- D. Mice are not mammals
Question 2
The chart shows how many months each mammal grows inside its mother before birth (gestation). Which has the longest gestation?
- A. dog
- B. human
- C. horse
- D. elephant
Question 3
About how many months longer is the gestation of a horse than a human?
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Question 4
Why can a newborn foal stand within hours, but a human baby cannot walk for about a year?
- A. Foals are born more developed so they can escape predators with the herd.
- B. Human babies are born older.
- C. Human babies are lazy.
- D. Foals have more legs.
Question 5
The chart shows how many months each mammal grows inside its mother before birth (gestation). Which has the longest gestation?
- A. dog
- B. human
- C. horse
- D. elephant
Question 6
About how many months longer is the gestation of a horse than a human?
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Question 7
Looking at dogs, humans, horses and elephants, what pattern do you notice?
- A. Smaller mammals always have longer gestation.
- B. Larger mammals tend to have longer gestation periods.
- C. All mammals have the same gestation.
- D. Gestation has nothing to do with size.
Question 8
The chart shows how many months each mammal grows inside its mother before birth (gestation). Which has the shortest gestation?
- A. dog
- B. human
- C. horse
- D. elephant
Question 9
About how many months longer is the gestation of a elephant than a human?
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Question 10
What is gestation?
- A. the time it takes to learn to walk
- B. the time an egg takes to hatch in a nest
- C. the time a baby mammal grows inside its mother before birth
- D. how long an animal lives
Question 11
Which mammal on the chart has a gestation of about 9 months?
- A. dog
- B. human
- C. horse
- D. elephant
Question 12
About how many months longer is the gestation of a horse than a dog?
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Question 13
Mice have a gestation of about 3 weeks. How does this fit the pattern?
- A. Small mammal, short gestation
- B. Small mammal, very long gestation
- C. Mice are not mammals
- D. It breaks the pattern completely
Question 14
Which mammal on the chart has a gestation of about 9 months?
- A. dog
- B. human
- C. horse
- D. elephant
Question 15
About how many months longer is the gestation of a elephant than a dog?
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Question 16
Mice have a gestation of about 3 weeks. How does this fit the pattern?
- A. Mice are not mammals
- B. Small mammal, short gestation
- C. Small mammal, very long gestation
- D. It breaks the pattern completely
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