NS (Isla)

Question 1

What is a habitat?

Answer 1

A habitat is the natural home where an animal lives and finds everything it needs to survive.

Question 2

Name three different types of habitats.

Answer 2

• Forest
• Ocean
• Desert
• Grassland
• Pond
• Mountain

Question 3

What do animals get from their habitat?

Answer 3

• Food
• Water
• Shelter
• Space to live and raise their young

Question 4

Which habitat would a polar bear live in?

Answer 4

Arctic/cold regions with ice and snow

Question 5

True or False: A fish can live in a desert habitat.

Answer 5

False - fish need water to survive

Question 6

Why do animals need a habitat?

Answer 6

Animals need a habitat to find food, water, shelter, and a safe place to have babies.

Question 7

What happens if an animal’s habitat is destroyed?

Answer 7

The animal may have trouble finding food, water, or shelter, and might have to move to a new place.

Question 8

Name two things every animal needs from its habitat.

Answer 8

• Food
• Water

Question 9

Why do baby animals need a safe habitat?

Answer 9

Baby animals need protection from predators and weather while they grow.

Question 10

What is an animal shelter?

Answer 10

A structure that protects animals from weather, predators, and other dangers.

Question 11

What type of shelter does a bird make?

Answer 11

A nest

Question 12

Where do bears often make their shelters?

Answer 12

In caves or dens

Question 13

What do bees build for their shelter?

Answer 13

A hive

Question 14

Name three materials animals use to build shelters.

Answer 14

• Twigs
• Leaves
• Mud
• Grass
• Fur

Question 15

How does a turtle carry its shelter?

Answer 15

On its back (its shell is its shelter)

Question 16

What are the three states of matter?

Answer 16

• Solid
• Liquid
• Gas

Question 17

Give an example of a solid.

Answer 17

Ice, rock, wood, metal, book

Question 18

Give an example of a liquid.

Answer 18

Water, milk, juice, oil

Question 19

Give an example of a gas.

Answer 19

Air, oxygen, water vapor, helium

Question 20

What shape does a liquid take?

Answer 20

The shape of its container

Question 21

True or False: Solids have a definite shape.

Answer 21

True

Question 22

Can you see all gases?

Answer 22

No, many gases are invisible (like air)

Question 23

What happens to water when it freezes?

Answer 23

It changes from a liquid to a solid (ice)

Question 24

What is it called when ice melts?

Answer 24

Melting - changing from solid to liquid

Question 25

What happens to water when it boils?

Answer 25

It changes from a liquid to a gas (water vapor)

Question 26

At what temperature does water freeze?

Answer 26

0°C (32°F)

Question 27

What is evaporation?

Answer 27

When a liquid changes to a gas

Question 28

What causes ice to melt?

Answer 28

Heat or warm temperatures

Question 29

What is the water cycle?

Answer 29

The continuous movement of water between the Earth and the sky

Question 30

What are the main steps of the water cycle?

Answer 30

* Evaporation * Condensation * Precipitation

Question 31

What happens during evaporation in the water cycle?

Answer 31

Water from oceans, lakes, and rivers turns into water vapor and rises into the sky

Question 32

What is condensation?

Answer 32

When water vapor cools and turns back into tiny water droplets to form clouds

Question 33

What is precipitation?

Answer 33

When water falls from clouds as rain, snow, sleet, or hail

Question 34

Where does the energy for the water cycle come from?

Answer 34

The sun

Question 35

What is a raw material?

Answer 35

A natural material that comes from nature and hasn't been changed by people

Question 36

Give three examples of raw materials.

Answer 36

* Wood * Cotton * Oil * Metal ore * Clay

Question 37

What is a manufactured material?

Answer 37

A material that has been made or changed by people from raw materials

Question 38

Give three examples of manufactured materials.

Answer 38

* Paper * Plastic * Glass * Fabric * Steel

Question 39

What raw material is used to make paper?

Answer 39

Wood (from trees)

Question 40

What raw material is used to make glass?

Answer 40

Sand

Question 41

What does 'waterproof' mean?

Answer 41

Water cannot pass through the material

Question 42

Name a material that is flexible.

Answer 42

Rubber, fabric, plastic wrap

Question 43

What does 'transparent' mean?

Answer 43

You can see through the material clearly

Question 44

Is wood transparent or opaque?

Answer 44

Opaque (you cannot see through it)

Question 45

What property makes a material good for making windows?

Answer 45

Transparent (clear/see-through)

Question 46

Name a material that is hard.

Answer 46

Metal, stone, diamond, glass

Question 47

What does 'absorbent' mean?

Answer 47

The material can soak up liquids

Question 48

What does 'environment' mean?

Answer 48

All the living and non-living things around an organism

Question 49

What is 'adaptation'?

Answer 49

Special features that help animals survive in their habitat

Question 50

What does 'temperature' mean?

Answer 50

How hot or cold something is

Question 51

What is 'matter'?

Answer 51

Anything that takes up space and has weight

Question 52

What does 'property' mean when talking about materials?

Answer 52

A special characteristic or feature of a material

Question 53

What is 'recycling'?

Answer 53

Using old materials to make new things instead of throwing them away

Question 54

What does 'natural' mean?

Answer 54

Something that comes from nature, not made by people

Question 55

What is a 'predator'?

Answer 55

An animal that hunts and eats other animals