Unit 9 Lesson 1 Check

1. The weather is becoming warm. Rashid notices buds on trees and germinating plants. Which season is it?

• Fall
• Spring
• Summer
• Winter

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2. Study the picture below of a curled-up dormouse. It is winter. What is the dormouse doing?

• germinating
• hibernating
• migrating
• reproducing

3. Kaylee makes a poster to show changes that happen in nature during winter. Which will she put on her poster?

• Fruit on the trees
• Germinating plants
• Leaves changing colors
• Dormant tree branches

4. Marsha notices squirrels gathering and storing acorns. Why are they behaving in this way?

• The weather is becoming warm, and trees are dormant.
• The weather is becoming cold, and seeds are germinating.
• The weather is becoming cold, and the winter season is coming.
• The weather is becoming warm, and the spring season is coming.

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5. The weather is very hot. Sam notices ripe fruit on trees and young robins learning to fly. Which season is it?

• Fall
• Winter
• Spring
• Summer

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6. The weather has become cooler, and birds have started to leave the area. Which claim would prove why?

• Birds migrate when it gets cooler
• Birds germinate when it gets cooler
• Birds reproduce when it gets cooler
• Birds hibernate when it gets cooler.

7. Plants and animals change with the seasons. What happens to plants and animals during the fall?

• Plants germinate, and animals migrate.
• Trees loose their leaves, and animals hibernate.
• Plants grow fruit, and animals reproduce.
• Trees loose their leaves, and animals migrate.

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8. Plants and animals change with the seasons. What happens to plants and animals during the spring?

• Plants germinate, and animals migrate.
• Trees loose their leaves, and animals hibernate.
• Plants grow fruit, and animals reproduce.
• Trees loose their leaves, and animals migrate.

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9. What takes place when the manatees move to a new area in the winter time when the weather gets cold?

• budding
• hibernation
• migration
• season

10. How are hibernation and migration alike?

• They are something that both plants and animals do.
• They help living things to survive.
• They are long rest periods.
• The both happen when a living thing moves to a new place.

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