2nd Quarter Science Exam
Animals
1. The study of classifying organisms
is called______________________.
a. Taxonomy
b. Classification
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2. With which of the following would
you expect to find very high winds?
a. Rain
b. Hurricane
3. Which of the following is the correct
order for classifying organisms?
a. Kingdom, phylum order,
class, family, genus, species
c. Kingdom, phylum, class,
order, family, genus, species
4. Animal phyla are divided into what
two groups?
a. Genus and species
d. Vertebrates and invertebrates
5. Sponges have specialized cells for
obtaining _________ and ________
from the water.
a. Food and oxygen
b. Blood and nutrients
6. This type of key allows scientists to
determine the identity of organisms
in our natural world.
a. House key
b. Dichotomous key
The picture above represents what
type of symmetry?
a. Radial symmetry
b. Bilateral symmetry
8. Most Mollusks have this to help
them move.
a. Thick muscular foot
b. Hard shell
9. The second word of an organism’s
scientific name is the__________.
b. Genus
d. Species
10. Which characteristic below do all
animals share?
a. Have backbones
b. Are multicellular
11. Which of the following is not an
example of severe weather?
a. Blizzard
b. Rain
12. Animals whose body temperature is
close to that of their environment is
considered to be ______________.
a. Warm-blooded
b. Cold-blooded
13. Which animal, listed below, is not
warm-blooded?
a. Birds
c. Reptiles
14. Animals are categorized by the
presence or lack of a backbone.
Animals lacking a backbone are
classified as _______________.
a. Vertebrates
b. Invertebrates
15. When it is hot outside an
endothermic animal can cool off by
sweating, panting, and
_______________________.
a. calling a friend
b. changing location/position
16. The hard outer covering on an
arthropod is called a
_______________________.
a. exoskeleton
b. endoskeleton
17. A meteorologist has located a storm
on radar. She would most likely use
this technology to determine
a. Where the storm is headed
b. Where the storm started
18. Which of the following is a behavior
in which newborn animals recognize
and follow the first moving object
they see?
a. Conditioning
c. Imprinting
19. The first word of an organism’s
scientific name is the ___________.
b. Genus
d. Species
20. The major groups of amphibians are
a. Slugs, snails, clams
b. Toads, salamanders, frogs
21. Winter weather causes some animals
to do this……
a. Sweat
b. Hibernate
22. A __________ is an organism that
cannot make their own food
a. Consumer
b. Producer
23. A ____________is an organism that
makes their own food.
a. Consumer
b. Producer
24. A simple model of a feeding
relationship is called a
a. Food web
c. Food chain
25. A close relationship between species
is called _________.
c. Mutualistic
d. Symbiosis
26. Which statement best describes a
food web?
a. It always starts with a
producer
d. None of the above
27. Some animals have special colors or
marks on their bodies that help them
hide among trees, rocks and grass.
This blending is called __________.
b. Hibernation
c. Camouflage
32. Female sea turtles return to their
location where they hatched from
their eggs to lay their eggs. This is
an example of _______________.
a. Mimicry
b. An instinct
33. Animals that are in danger of dying
out and becoming extinct is called an
_______________________.
c. Endangered species
d. Extinct
34. Who is the scientist who first
explained the theory of natural
selection?
a. Albert Einstein
d. Charles Darwin
28. A cat’s green eyes are an example of
a ________________________.
a. Instinct
b. Inherited trait
29. A body part or behavior that helps
and animal survive in its
environment is a _____________.
a. Instinct
b. Adaptation
30. A species that is no longer living on
Earth is _________________.
a. Endangered
d. Extinct
31. A lion’s sharp teeth help it ______.
a. Attack its prey
b. Chew leaves
35. Meteorologists use satellites to
a. Predict the weather
b. Diminish tornadoes
36. Which of the following are examples
of an internal stimulus?
a. Hunger
b. Thirst
c. Sleep
d. All of the above
37. Legs are used for
b. Sleeping
d. Movement
Answer the following questions using the following scientific names for the trees listed below:
Pinus banksiana
Pinus contorta
Pinus resinosa
Pinus virginiana
38. What do the scientific names have in common? ____________________________________
39. What can you infer is the common name for this type of tree? _________________________
40. In what state might you expect to find a lot of Pinus virginiana? _______________________