Seasons Quiz

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

• germinating

• hibernating

• migrating

• reproducing

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

• fruit on trees

• germinating plants

• leaves changing colors

• dormant tree branches

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

• fall

• spring

• summer

• winter

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Four students study how a certain type of plant grows. Sanjay, José, Mei, and Emily grew plants with different amounts of light. They gave their plants the same amount of water. They drew the picture to show their results to the rest of the class.

Based on the evidence, whose plant received the most sunlight?

• Sanjay’s plant

• José’s plant

• Mei’s plant

• Emily’s plant

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Ana put a potted bean plant near a sunny window. How did the plant most likely respond?

• It grew toward the sunlight.

• It grew eighty cm.

• The soil in the pot felt wet.

• The leaves looked wilted.

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Janet has four potted bean seeds. She puts two pots on a sunny windowsill and waters one. She puts the other two pots in a dark closet and waters one. After a week, the beans that she watered sprouted. What claim can be made based on the evidence?

• Bean seeds need sunlight to sprout.

• Bean seeds can sprout without sunlight.

• Bean seeds need water and sunlight to sprout.

• Bean seeds can sprout without water and sunlight.

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Chang put his plant in sunlight. Emma put her plant in the dark. After 3 weeks, Chang’s plant had green leaves and grew 2 in. Emma’s plant had not grown and its leaves were yellow. What claim tells what happened to Emma’s plant?

• It did not change.

• It grew twice as tall.

• It used energy from sunlight to turn yellow.

• It did not get sunlight, so its leaves turned yellow.

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Plants play an important part in communities of living things. What is the role of plants?

• They are producers.

• They are herbivores.

• They are carnivores.

• They are consumers.

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