KS1 Living Things | Minibeasts and Micro-Habitats

Science Quiz - Living Things - Minibeasts and Micro-Habitats (Questions)

This quiz addresses the requirements of the National Curriculum KS1 Science for children aged 5 and 6 in years 1 and 2. Specifically this quiz is aimed at the section dealing with living things, micro-habitats and minibeasts.

Where living things are found is called their habitat. It’s not just big animals that need somewhere to live. Mini-beasts need a home too. We call their homes micro-habitats. At school have you gone looking for mini-beasts? Have you looked under stones? Have you looked under bushes? Have you looked under logs? Have you looked for mini-beasts at home? What have you found out? Where do these tiny animals like to live? What is the micro-habitat of these tiny, but living, things?

Ellie turned over an old log. She found lots of woodlice. What do woodlice need to live?

[ ]	Just food
[ ]	Just water
[ ]	Just air
[ ]	Food, water, air and warmth

Ellie asked, ‘Where does the woodlouse get its food?’ What do you think?

[ ]	From the air
[ ]	From the rotting wood
[ ]	From the soil
[ ]	From the rain

Jack dug up some soil. He found lots of earthworms. What type of place do earthworms like?

[ ]	Light
[ ]	Dark
[ ]	Cold
[ ]	Frozen

Sarah is a gardener. She has a compost heap. She puts dead plants on her compost heap. She puts leaves on her compost heap. She puts vegetable peelings on her compost heap. Which one of these animals likes to live in her compost heap?

[ ]	Cat
[ ]	Dog
[ ]	Sparrow
[ ]	Beetle

This spider eats flies. The spider catches flies in its web. Where is the best place for the spider to build its web?

[ ]	In the soil
[ ]	Under a stone
[ ]	Inside a house
[ ]	On the outside of a house

William turns over a stone. He finds lots of minbeasts. This is one of them. What has he found?

[ ]	Caterpillar
[ ]	Centipede
[ ]	Worm
[ ]	Snake

Honey bees are insects. They are minibeasts. But they do not eat rotting leaves. What do honey bees need where they live?

[ ]	Lots of soil
[ ]	Lots of water
[ ]	Lots of flowers
[ ]	Lots of rain

Last year Anna and Bella were both given compost bins. Anna put more leaves and dead plants in her bin. Why are there more minibeasts in Anna’s compost bin?

[ ]	Anna’s compost bin was colder
[ ]	Anna’s compost bin was drier
[ ]	Anna’s compost bin was smaller
[ ]	Anna’s compost bin contained more food

Ella and Grace have found a pile of old leaves. Where will they find the most minibeasts?

[ ]	Under the leaves
[ ]	On top of the leaves
[ ]	In the grass
[ ]	In the air

10.

The place where minibeasts live is called a micro-habitat. What does micro mean?

[ ]	Very big
[ ]	Very large
[ ]	Very small
[ ]	Very strong

Science Quiz - Living Things - Minibeasts and Micro-Habitats (Answers)

Ellie turned over an old log. She found lots of woodlice. What do woodlice need to live?

[ ]	Just food
[ ]	Just water
[ ]	Just air
[x]	Food, water, air and warmth

Woodlice need food, water, air and warmth just like you. All minibeasts need these four things

Ellie asked, ‘Where does the woodlouse get its food?’ What do you think?

[ ]	From the air
[x]	From the rotting wood
[ ]	From the soil
[ ]	From the rain

The woodlouse was under the old log. The wood in the log was rotting. It is food for the woodlouse

Jack dug up some soil. He found lots of earthworms. What type of place do earthworms like?

[ ]	Light
[x]	Dark
[ ]	Cold
[ ]	Frozen

Earthworms live in the soil. They live in leaf litter. They live in compost heaps. They like it warm, but they do not like the light

[ ]	Cat
[ ]	Dog
[ ]	Sparrow
[x]	Beetle

All kinds of minibeasties love to live in compost heaps. They eat the rotting leaves and dead plants. It is warm and dark, and there is lots of food

This spider eats flies. The spider catches flies in its web. Where is the best place for the spider to build its web?

[ ]	In the soil
[ ]	Under a stone
[ ]	Inside a house
[x]	On the outside of a house

The spider will catch a few flies inside a house. But there are far more flies outside. So the outside is the best place for this spider

William turns over a stone. He finds lots of minbeasts. This is one of them. What has he found?

[ ]	Caterpillar
[x]	Centipede
[ ]	Worm
[ ]	Snake

Caterpillars do look a bit like centipedes. But they like to live on plants, not under stones. Caterpillars grow and change into butterflies

Honey bees are insects. They are minibeasts. But they do not eat rotting leaves. What do honey bees need where they live?

[ ]	Lots of soil
[ ]	Lots of water
[x]	Lots of flowers
[ ]	Lots of rain

Honey bees go from flower to flower. That’s where they get their food

Last year Anna and Bella were both given compost bins. Anna put more leaves and dead plants in her bin. Why are there more minibeasts in Anna’s compost bin?

[ ]	Anna’s compost bin was colder
[ ]	Anna’s compost bin was drier
[ ]	Anna’s compost bin was smaller
[x]	Anna’s compost bin contained more food

Minibeasts like to live where it is warm and there is lots to eat

Ella and Grace have found a pile of old leaves. Where will they find the most minibeasts?

[x]	Under the leaves
[ ]	On top of the leaves
[ ]	In the grass
[ ]	In the air

There are minibeasts in all those places. But there will be more minibeasts under the leaves

10.

The place where minibeasts live is called a micro-habitat. What does micro mean?

[ ]	Very big
[ ]	Very large
[x]	Very small
[ ]	Very strong

Under stones, under logs and under bushes are all micro-habitats. They are small places where little beasties like to live