1. Animal Unit Review Game!
Created for Mrs. Stout’s 6th Grade Science Students

2. Phase 1
Vocabulary Matching. Write down the correct vocabulary word (part of a cell) that matches the definition (function/job). Each question is worth 1 point.

3. Part of a cell that digests food particles, wastes, cell parts and foreign invaders

4. Lysosomes

5. Part of a cell that breaks down food molecules to make ATP (energy)

6. Mitochondria

7. Part of a cell that stores water and other materials, and is only found in plant cells

8. Vacuole

9. Part of a cell that makes lipids, breaks down drugs and other substances, packages up proteins for release from the cell

10. Endoplasmic Reticulum

11. Part of the cell that processes and transports proteins and other materials out of the cell

12. Golgi Complex

13. The site where amino acids are hooked together to make proteins for the cell

14. Ribosomes

15. Part of a cell found in plants that makes food using the energy of sunlight

16. Chloroplast

17. Part of the cell that contains the cell’s DNA and is the control center of the cell

18. Nucleus

19. Part of the cell that keeps the cytoplasm inside, allows nutrients in and waste products out, and interacts with things outside of the cell

20. Cell Membrane

21. Part of a plant cell that provides strength and support to the cell membrane

22. Cell Wall

23. Phase 2
Multiple Choice Questions. Each question is worth 1 point.

24. 1. Which characteristic is NOT true of animals?
A. They are multicellular
B. They make their own food
C. They usually reproduce sexually
D. They have tissues

25. B. They make their own food

26. 2. Living in groups
A. attracts predators
B. helps animals find food
C. helps prey spot predators
D. All of the above

27. D. All of the above

28. 3. Warning coloration is
A. a kind of camouflage
B. always black and white
C. a way to warn predators to stay away
D. always a sign that an animal is poisonous to eat

29. C. a way to warn predators to stay away

30. 4. Some birds use Earth’s magnetic field
A. to attract mates
B. to set their biological clocks
C. to navigate
D. to defend their territory

31. C. to navigate

32. 5. To defend against predators, an animal might use
A. camouflage
B. toxins
C. warning coloration
D. All of the above

33. D. All of the above

34. 6. _____ is NOT an example of how animals might deal with food shortage
A. Migration C. Social Behavior
B. Estivation D. Hibernation

35. C. Social Behavior

36. 7. All _______ lack a skull and a backbone
A. vertebrates C. multicellular organisms
B. eukaryotes D. invertebrates

37. D. invertebrates

38. 8. Which statement about communication between animals is NOT true?
A. Animals use it to find mates
B. It helps animals avoid enemies
C. It helps animals to find food
D. It occurs only between members of the same species

39. D. It occurs only between members of the same species

40. 9. All animals are
A. producers C. consumers
B. decomposers D. Both A and B

41. C. consumers

42. 10. Which of the following colors would most likely be found on a poisonous animal?
A. blue C. brown
B. green D. orange

43. D. orange

44. 11. Innate behaviors are influenced by
A. environment C. genes
B. experiences D. observation

45. C. genes

46. 12. Which of the following is a learned behavior?
A. a person’s tendency to speak
B. a puppy’s tendency to chew
C. a person’s use of a specific language
D. a baby’s tendency to walk

47. C. a person’s use of a specific language

48. 13. When birds fly south for the winter and return north for the summer, they are
A. hibernating C. estivating
B. migrating D. just exercising

49. B. migrating

50. 14. Surviving on stored body fat, decreased body temperature, and inactivity during the winter describes a seasonal behavior called
A. migration C. estivation
B. hibernation D. navigation

51. B. hibernation

52. 15. Which of the following animals experience estivation?
A. desert squirrels C. bears
B. butterflies D. salmon

53. A. desert squirrels

54. 16. Which of the following activities is controlled by circadian rhythm?
A. storing food for the winter
B. waking up at the same time every day
C. flying south for the winter
D. sleeping through the winter

55. B. waking up at the same time every day

56. 17. Which of the following cycles is controlled by a biological clock?
A. mating in the spring C. hibernating
B. migrating D. all of the above

57. D. all of the above

58. 18. Jet lag is a result of
A. being too excited to sleep
B. a seasonal biological clock
C. circadian rhythms
D. estivation

59. C. circadian rhythms

60. 19. When dogs prick up their ears and wag their tails, they are
A. doing a courtship dance
B. defending their territory
C. using body language to display that they are happy
D. trying to frighten a predator

61. C. using body language to display that they are happy

62. 20. An animal uses signals to
A. influence another animal’s behavior
B. attract a mate
C. avoid predators
D. All of the above

63. D. All of the above

64. 21. Which body part is NOT part of the Integumentary System?
A. Nails
B. Eyes
C. Skin
D. Hair

65. B. Eyes

66. Phase 3
Fill-in-the-blank Questions. Each question is worth 2 points.

67. 21. All animals are ___________________________________ and have eukaryotic cells.

68. multicellular

69. 22. A collection of similar cells is known as a ____________________________.

70. tissue

71. 23. Most animals have _________________________, which are combinations of two or more tissues.

72. organs

73. 24. An organism that eats other organisms is a ___________________________.

74. consumer

75. 25. ___________________________________ occurs when a signal travels from one animal to another, and the receiver of the signal responds in some way.

76. Communication