🌱 Seasonal Effects on Living Things
This quiz explores how animals and plants change with the seasons and develop amazing strategies to survive. You'll discover why some animals sleep through winter, others travel to warmer places, and how plants and animals adapt their bodies to stay safe and healthy all year round. **What you'll learn:** - How animals adapt to seasonal changes (hibernation, migration, coat changes) - Why plants lose their leaves in fall and grow them back in spring - Survival strategies organisms use to thrive through different seasons - Seasonal behaviour patterns in Ontario wildlife
Questions in this quiz
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- Question 1
What do many animals do in winter to survive the cold and scarce food?
- Question 2
Many birds fly south to warmer places in the fall. This journey is called migration.
- Question 3
Which animal in Ontario grows a thicker winter coat to stay warm in cold months?
- Question 4
What happens to trees in fall as seasons change?
- Question 5
Plants need sunlight, water, and nutrients all year round, even in winter.
- Question 6
Which of the following is a survival strategy that squirrels use to prepare for winter?
- Question 7
In spring, what do many plants do after winter ends?
- Question 8
Some frogs and turtles bury themselves in mud at the bottom of ponds in winter to survive the cold.
- Question 9
Why do you think many animals eat more food in summer and fall?
- Question 10
Which season typically has the warmest temperatures and longest days in Ontario?
- Question 11
All plants lose their leaves in the fall.
- Question 12
What is one reason that some birds migrate south in autumn?
- Question 13
In summer, how do plants and animals benefit from the warm, sunny weather?
- Question 14
Hibernating animals need to eat food regularly throughout the winter.
- Question 15
Which of these is an example of an animal changing its appearance as a seasonal adaptation?
- Question 16
What do you observe happening in your Ontario community in spring compared to winter?