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Environments for
Living Things
2nd Grade ScienceHassler
Elementary
What is an adaptation?
A.something that helps a living thing
survive in its environment
B. a change that animals cause to their environment
C. how plants and animals depend on their environment
Which is an adaptation to a dry and sandy environment?
A.the sharp spines of a sea urchin
B. the broad leaves of a rain forest plant
C. the long eyelashes of a camel
Which is an example of an adaptation?
C. a cactus’s thorns
A. a tree’s fruit
B. a flower’s pollen
What is pollen?
A.A powder that flowers need
to make seedsB. A nutrient that plants take in from soil
C. Food that plants store in their stems
What is an environment?
A.a path that shows how energy
moves from plants to animals
B. a safe place to live
C. all the living and nonliving things in a place
Look at this picture.
What can a butterfly carry away from flowers to help them make more flowers?
A. waterB. pollenC. oxygen
Different moths live on trees with white bark. Birds like to
eat moths.
Which moth has an adaptation that could help it survive?
A. a brown moth
B. a white mothC. a black moth
B. a white moth
A squirrel is using twigs and leaves to make a nest.
What is the squirrel doing?
A. eating plants as food
B. helping plants make more plantsC. Using plants to build
shelter
What does a food chain show?
A. how animals search for food
B. how energy moves from plants to animals
C. how many food sources are in the environment
Compare the ways plants and animals depend on sunlight in
their environment. Which is true?
A. Both need sunlight to make food. B. Both need bright light to survive. C. Plants need sunlight to make food, but animals do not.
Which is an example of an animal depending on its
environment?
A. a deer drinking from a riverB. a bird migrating in the winter
C. a lion feeding its cub
Some plants can grow underwater in lakes and
ponds.
Some plants can grow in very dry environments, such as deserts.
What can you infer about plants?
A. All plants need lots of water.
B. Most plants can survive with very little water.
C. Different plants have different water needs.
Sea urchins have sharp spines. How does this adaptation help
sea urchins?
A. it helps them find food
B. it helps protect them from other animals
C. it helps them get oxygen
You do a test that shows rain forest plants need water to live.
How can you check that your results were correct?
A.You can do the test again using desert plants.
B. You can do the test again the same way. C. You can do the test in a different environment.