Animal Life Cycles

Unit Quiz By : ___________

1. Read all directions and questions carefully.
2. Be neat. Do not doodle or scribble on your paper.
3. Keep your eyes on your own paper.
4. Be confident and do your best.

Fill in the blanks. Use your best spelling.

1. The 4 basic needs of all animals are _________,

_________, _________, and ___________.

2. Mammals are _______ - blooded.

3. _________ cover the outside of a fishes body and help

protect the fish.

4. ___________ are animals that have 3 major body parts

called the head, abdomen, and thorax.

Beside each animal, write the animal group that it

belongs to.
5. Penguin __________
6. Whale ___________
7. Turtle ___________
8. Ant ____________
9. Dog ___________
10. Salmon ________
11. Frog __________
12. Bat ___________
13. Using the traits below, choose the type of
animal that is described. Draw a clear line from
each bubble to show your answer.
Mammal
Has hair or fur. Live only in water.
Breathes with Breathe with gills.
lungs. Lay eggs.
Feeds their young Insect
milk



Amphibian Live in water when
Have 2 legs.

young and breathe
Hatch from eggs. with gil s.

Fly with feathers. Adults live on land and
Reptile
breathe with lungs.



Fish
Have scales. Has an
Breathe through exoskeleton.
lungs.
Breathes through
Hatch from eggs.

Bird its body.
Hatches from


Use sentences and neat printing to answer the
following written response questions.

14. What is an adaptation? Give 1 example of an adaptation.

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15. Animal parents take care of their young in different ways.
Your parents provide you with all of your basic needs from the
minute you are born. They feed you and provide you with
shelter. Name one animal parent that takes care of their babies
differently, and explain how they do so.
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16. Why are birds not considered mammals even though they
are warm-blooded?
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17. Frogs are amphibians. Place a number1-4 under each

stage of the frogs life cycle. #1 being the first event that
happens, and #4 being the last event that happens.