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Science: Elementary School: 1st and 2nd Grade Quiz - Living Things - In A Wood (Questions)

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You have found out a lot about living things in science. Plants and animals are living things. You know that where plants and animals live is called their habitat. Different plants and animals like to live in different places. One place some plants and animals live is in woodland. Can you use what you know to answer these questions about the woodland habitat?

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What are the tallest plants in a wood?

[ ]	Grass
[ ]	Trees
[ ]	Bushes
[ ]	Ferns

Which of these animals likes to live in woodland?

[ ]	Sheep
[ ]	Fish
[ ]	Cows
[ ]	Birds

What do many birds build in woodland?

[ ]	Houses
[ ]	Schools
[ ]	Roads
[ ]	Nests

Which type of animals like to live on or under tree bark?

[ ]	Rabbits
[ ]	Pigs
[ ]	Earthworms
[ ]	Beetles

Sasha wants to find lots and lots of minibeasts in the wood. Where should he look to find the most minibeasts?

[ ]	On leaves
[ ]	In leaf litter
[ ]	On bark
[ ]	On ferns

This animal likes to live in the woods. What is its name?

[ ]	Badger
[ ]	Fox
[ ]	Squirrel
[ ]	Deer

Ferns grow on the ground in the wood. They grow under the trees. What is it like under the trees?

[ ]	Sunny
[ ]	Shady
[ ]	Very dark
[ ]	Very light

In the spring, many woods are full of blue flowers. What are these blue flowers called?

[ ]	Daffodils
[ ]	Snowdrops
[ ]	Tulips
[ ]	Bluebells

On the ground in the wood there is a lot of leaf litter. Where do the leaves come from?

[ ]	From the ferns
[ ]	From the deer
[ ]	From the air
[ ]	From the trees

10.

Where is it sunniest in a wood?

[ ]	At the top of the trees
[ ]	At the bottom of the trees
[ ]	Under the trees
[ ]	Under the ferns

Science: Elementary School: 1st and 2nd Grade Quiz - Living Things - In A Wood (Answers)

What are the tallest plants in a wood?

[ ]	Grass
[x]	Trees
[ ]	Bushes
[ ]	Ferns

The trees grow tall to get as much sunlight as possible

Which of these animals likes to live in woodland?

[ ]	Sheep
[ ]	Fish
[ ]	Cows
[x]	Birds

Birds love woodland - there is lots of food, and they are safe in among the trees

What do many birds build in woodland?

[ ]	Houses
[ ]	Schools
[ ]	Roads
[x]	Nests

Some birds build nests in other places - in hedgerows or under the roofs of houses

Which type of animals like to live on or under tree bark?

[ ]	Rabbits
[ ]	Pigs
[ ]	Earthworms
[x]	Beetles

There are lots of beetles and other minibeasts on tree bark. Birds hop about on the bark. The birds catch some of these minibeasts for food

Sasha wants to find lots and lots of minibeasts in the wood. Where should he look to find the most minibeasts?

[ ]	On leaves
[x]	In leaf litter
[ ]	On bark
[ ]	On ferns

There are minibeasts nearly everywhere in a wood, but they love to be in the leaf litter on the floor of the wood. There’s lots for them to eat there

This animal likes to live in the woods. What is its name?

[ ]	Badger
[ ]	Fox
[ ]	Squirrel
[x]	Deer

Deer feel safe hiding in the woods

Ferns grow on the ground in the wood. They grow under the trees. What is it like under the trees?

[ ]	Sunny
[x]	Shady
[ ]	Very dark
[ ]	Very light

All plants need light to grow. Ferns need light. But they can grow in the shade

In the spring, many woods are full of blue flowers. What are these blue flowers called?

[ ]	Daffodils
[ ]	Snowdrops
[ ]	Tulips
[x]	Bluebells

Have you ever been to a bluebell wood? Have you walked through the wood? What does it look like when the bluebells are flowering?

On the ground in the wood there is a lot of leaf litter. Where do the leaves come from?

[ ]	From the ferns
[ ]	From the deer
[ ]	From the air
[x]	From the trees

The leaves fall through the air, but they come from the trees. A lot of leaves fall off trees in the autumn

10.

Where is it sunniest in a wood?

[x]	At the top of the trees
[ ]	At the bottom of the trees
[ ]	Under the trees
[ ]	Under the ferns

The trees grow tall. They catch the sunlight. So it is shady under the trees