Animal Life Cycles Unit

Test

Name : _________________

Read each question on your test carefully. There are multiple choice, fill in the blank, True/False and written questions to show all your smarts!

1. Every living thing on earth has a life pattern it follows. This is called its

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2. An animal that has not been seen in the wild for over 50 years is called

A) Endangered

B) Extinct

C) Forgotten

D) Habitat

3. When humans do not litter and cut down less trees in the wild we are helping with

A) Adaptations

B) Habitat preservation

C) Life cycles

D) Hunting

4. Animals need food, oxygen, a habitat, and water to survive in the wild. What happens if one of these environmental conditions is disturbed?

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The Elephant Life Cycle

5. Circle the list that correctly identifies the elephant life cycle

Adolescent, Adult, Baby

Baby, Adolescent, Adult

Adult, Baby, Adolescent

6. Tell me one fact about how elephants and humans are alike

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7. Does an elephant and a mosquito care for their young in the same

way? YES or NO

Describe how both the elephant and mosquito care for their young.

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Life Cycle of a Chicken

8. When a baby chick is trying to come out of its shell, what does it use to help it get out?

a) Egg tooth

b) Feet

c) Its mother helps the chick out

d) Feathers

9. Answer the following questions by writing true or false.

A chicken has feathers to help keep it warm _______________

A chicken has a sharp beak and feet to help it catch its food _______________

Baby chicks grow inside the mothers tummy _______________

The Hen sits on the eggs _______________

The chicken life cycle starts as an egg. -_______________

10. What animal kingdom does the chicken belong to? ___________________________

11. Tell me one fact about animals in this kingdom

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Life Cycle of a Frog

12. Fill in the blanks with the correct word for each part of the frog life cycle

Stage 1- __________________

What do they look like? Draw a picture or write a sentence

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Stage 2- ___________________

Where do they live during this stage?

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Stage 3- ___________________

What organ does it use to breath now? ___________________________________

Stage 4- ___________________

What big change has occurred during this life cycle?

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13. What animal kingdom does the frog belong to?______________________________

14. Tell me one fact about animals in this kingdom

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Life Cycle of a

Mosquito

Read each question. Choose the best answer.

15. The long tube like mouth of a mosquito is called a

A) Antennae

B) Proboscis

C) Wriggler

D) Spiracles

16. A group of eggs is called a

A) Wriggler

B) Egg raft

C) Pupa

D) Larva

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18. What animal kingdom does the mosquito belong to?___________________________

19. Tell me one fact about animals in this kingdom

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20. Life Cycle of a Fish

21. List 3 characteristics that make a fish a fish

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22. Match the following terms with their correct meaning.

Draw a line to the correct term.

Fry When a salmon matures it adapts its skin color to blend in with its surroundings.

Estuary This is attached to the newly hatched

salmon to help them survive.

Food Sac Newly hatched salmon

Camouflage Where salmon undergo body changes that let them live in salt water

23. Alligator Life

Cycle

Label the Alligator life

cycle with the correct terms.

24. What animal kingdom does the alligator belong to?

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25. Tell me one fact about animals in this kingdom

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26. The Life

Cycle of a Butterfly

and Moth

Read each sentence. Print butterfly , moth or both beside each

sentence.

Moth or Butterfly?

1. I have a slim, hairless body

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2. I rest with my wings folded up

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3. I have wings covered with scales

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4. I fly mostly at night

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5. I have feathery antennae

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6. I shake before I fly

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27. What animal kingdom does the alligator belong to?

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28. Tell me one fact about animals in this kingdom

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