Plants
Food Chains
Animals
Heredity
/Webs
Body
Systems
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Plants
100
The life cycle of some plants includes the process
of pollination. Pollination is helped by
A. Wind, water and insects
B. Sun, water and roots
C. Humans, sun and stems
D. Roots, wind and stems
A. Wind, water and insects
Plants
200
Needles on a cactus plant are actually
leaves. This needle shape helps
the plant survive by
A. Catching food
B. Preventing water loss
C. Staying in place
D. reproducing
B. Preventing water loss
Plants
300
The parts of plants that make seeds
are the
A. Roots
B. Stems
C. Flowers
D. leaves
C. Flowers
Plants
400
The roots of a tree are used mainly to
support the tree and
A. Kill earthworms near the tree
B. Stop loss of nutrients
C. Take in water from the soil
D. Make food for the tree
C. Take in water from the soil
Plants
500
Structures of plants are responsible for
A. Food making, reproduction, growth and
protection
B. Fertilization, irrigation and cultivation
C. Competition, socialization and integration
D. Externalization and compartmentalization
A. Food making, reproduction
protection
Animals
100
Frogs begin life as
A. Caterpillars
B. Toads
C. Underwater, gill-breathing tadpoles
D. Trout
C. underwater, gill breathing
tadpoles
Animals
200
Which animals live part of their lives in water and
part on land, and go through metamorphosis?
A. Reptiles
B. Amphibians
C. Birds
D. Mammals
B. Amphibians
Animals
300
Which is not an example of seasonal
behavior?
A. Trees shed leaves
B. Tides
C. Animals hibernate
D. Animals migrate
B. Tides
Animals
400
An animal that has thick fur, webbed
feet, and blubber would probably
live in the
A.
B.
C.
D.
Arctic Ocean
Amazon Rainforest
Intracoastal Waterway, Florida
Mojave Desert, California
A. Arctic Ocean
Animals
500
Which animals are warm-blooded and
give live birth to their young?
Mammals
Food Chains/Webs
100
Some spiders capture insects in their sticky webs
for food. If the insect population died, what
could happen to the spider population?
A.
B.
C.
D.
The spider population would increase
The spider population would decrease
The spider population would stay the same
The spiders would drink water instead of eating
insects
The spider population would
decrease
Food Chains/Webs
200
In a field, the mice eat grass, and the hawks
eat mice. If the mice population in the
field decreases, the hawk population will
MOST LIKELY
A.
B.
C.
D.
Increase
Decrease
Remain the same
Become extinct
B. Decrease
Food Chains/Webs
300
A marsh in your neighborhood dried up during a
long, hot summer. This is most likely to cause
which of the following in the neighborhood?
A. An increase in the number of bats
B. A decrease in the number of mosquitoes
C. An increase in the number of insect-eating
birds
D. A decrease in the number of Japanese beetles
B. A decrease in the number of
mosquitoes
Food Chains/Webs
400
Omnivores eat
A.
B.
C.
D.
Meat
Plants
Both meat and plants
None of the above
C. Both meat and plants
Food Chains/ Webs
500
In a food web, snakes eat frogs and
grasshoppers. Frogs eat grasshoppers.
Grasshoppers eat grass. Which organism in
the food web is a PRODUCER?
A. Grasshopper
B. Frog
C. Snake
D. Grass
D. Grass
Heredity
100
Children inherit traits or characteristics
from their parents. Which of the
following is an example of an
inherited trait?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Interest in sports
Knowing how to read
Long fingers
Long hair
C. Long fingers
Heredity
200
Why do identical twins usually look like
each other?
A. They were born on the same day
B. They have the same kinds of interests
C. They inherited the same characteristics
from their parents
D. They were taught the same kinds of
things at home.
C. They inherited the same
characteristics from their parents.
Chapter 10
300
Which of the following traits is hereditary?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Eye color
Personality
Interest in sports
Favorite musical group
A. Eye color
Heredity
400
A.
B.
C.
D.
All of the following are traits from an
individual’s parents except
Hair color
Skin color
Sense of humor
Facial features
C. Sense of humor
Heredity
500
Mary has blue eyes and John has brown eyes. Is
it possible for them to have a child with blue
eyes?
A. No, the child will definitely have brown
eyes
B. No, the child will definitely have hazel eyes
C. Yes, the child might have blue eyes
D. It cannot be determined.
C. Yes, the child might have blue
eyes
Body Systems
100
Our bodies are made up mostly of
A.
B.
C.
D.
Air
Water
Skin
bones
B. Water
Body Systems
200
The body system pictured above is
A. Sight and hearing
B. Skeletal system
C. Respiration (breathing) and blood circulation –
cardiovascular system
D. Digestion and excretion
C. Respiration (breathing) and blood circulation
– cardiovascular system
Body Systems
300
The body system pictured above is part of the
system of
A. Sight and hearing
B. Nervous system
C. Respiratory (breathing) and blood circulation –
cardiovascular system
D. Digestion and excretion
D. Digestion and excretion
Body Systems
400
Which of these will be most difficult
for a person who has a disease of
the respiratory system?
A. Waking up for school
B. Eating food
C. Staying warm
D. Taking in oxygen
D. Taking in oxygen
Body Systems
500
Which system warns a person that
soup is too hot to eat?
A. Digestive system
B. Nervous system
C. Muscle system
D. Circulatory system
B. Nervous system