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Science: Elementary School: 1st and 2nd Grade Quiz - Animals - When They Grow Up (Questions)

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One of the things that you have found out in science is that all animals grow. They get bigger. Sometimes the adults can look quite different to the babies. Some animals hatch from eggs. Birds do this. Baby birds, or chicks, hatch from eggs. Then they grow into adult birds like chickens. Let's find out more about young animals and how they grow up.

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1. What do we call baby chickens?
[ ] Hens
[ ] Ducks
[ ] Chicks
[ ] Lambs
2. What are ducklings when they grow up?
[ ] Chickens
[ ] Geese
[ ] Swans
[ ] Ducks
3. What do we call a baby goose?
[ ] Duckling
[ ] Chick
[ ] Gosling
[ ] Cygnet
4. What is the missing word?

Egg → _____ → Chicken
[ ] Hen
[ ] Duck
[ ] Goose
[ ] Chick
5. The picture shows a baby robin chick. It has just left the nest.

What is the missing word?

_____ → Chick → Robin
[ ] Hen
[ ] Egg
[ ] Nest
[ ] Baby
6. Where does the robin lay its eggs?
[ ] In a nest
[ ] On a leaf
[ ] On a rock
[ ] On the road
7. Chicks come from eggs. This chick has just left the egg. What do we call it when the chick leaves the egg?
[ ] Hatching
[ ] Sleeping
[ ] Turning
[ ] Waking
8. Birds lay eggs. So do reptiles. Which one of these animals is a reptile?
[ ] Tortoise
[ ] Hippopotamus
[ ] Rhinoceros
[ ] Crab
9. This is a fossil. It is a dinosaur egg. Dinosaurs lived in the past. What type of animal was a dinosaur?
[ ] Bird
[ ] Fish
[ ] Mammal
[ ] Reptile
10. A baby kangaroo is carried by its mother in a _____.
[ ] Basket
[ ] Cot
[ ] Buggy
[ ] Pouch
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Science: Elementary School: 1st and 2nd Grade Quiz - Animals - When They Grow Up (Answers)
1. What do we call baby chickens?
[ ] Hens
[ ] Ducks
[x] Chicks
[ ] Lambs
Have you ever held a chick in your hand?
2. What are ducklings when they grow up?
[ ] Chickens
[ ] Geese
[ ] Swans
[x] Ducks
Ducks are very good swimmers
3. What do we call a baby goose?
[ ] Duckling
[ ] Chick
[x] Gosling
[ ] Cygnet
Goslings are baby geese. Cygnets are baby swans
4. What is the missing word?

Egg → _____ → Chicken
[ ] Hen
[ ] Duck
[ ] Goose
[x] Chick
Older chickens are often called hens
5. The picture shows a baby robin chick. It has just left the nest.

What is the missing word?

_____ → Chick → Robin
[ ] Hen
[x] Egg
[ ] Nest
[ ] Baby
Robins turn red as they get older
6. Where does the robin lay its eggs?
[x] In a nest
[ ] On a leaf
[ ] On a rock
[ ] On the road
Robin eggs have blue shells
7. Chicks come from eggs. This chick has just left the egg. What do we call it when the chick leaves the egg?
[x] Hatching
[ ] Sleeping
[ ] Turning
[ ] Waking
Have you ever seen a chick hatch from an egg?
8. Birds lay eggs. So do reptiles. Which one of these animals is a reptile?
[x] Tortoise
[ ] Hippopotamus
[ ] Rhinoceros
[ ] Crab
The giant tortoise can live to be very old. The oldest tortoise is 190 years old!
9. This is a fossil. It is a dinosaur egg. Dinosaurs lived in the past. What type of animal was a dinosaur?
[ ] Bird
[ ] Fish
[ ] Mammal
[x] Reptile
Baby dinosaurs hatched from eggs. Then they grew very, very big!
10. A baby kangaroo is carried by its mother in a _____.
[ ] Basket
[ ] Cot
[ ] Buggy
[x] Pouch
Baby kangaroos are called joeys