Grade 2 · Science · Unit 8 of 9
Animals & People
How we affect each other
What your child practises
Helpful and bothersome ways animals affect us, and how building, litter and clean water affect animals and the places they live.
Alberta Curriculum learning outcome: 2LS 1.1 · positive and negative ways people affect plants and animals
Sample questions
A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.
Question 1
Why do we use a recycling bin?
- It keeps litter out of animal homes
- It makes litter fun
- It feeds animals
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It keeps litter out of animal homes
Hint: Recycling helps keep the places where animals live clean.
Question 2
Some roads have a wildlife crossing. Why?
- To grow flowers
- To park trucks
- So animals can cross safely
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So animals can cross safely
Hint: Bridges and tunnels help animals cross roads without being hit.
Question 3
People build a pond for frogs. What will it help?
- Frogs and other animals to have a home
- Frogs to fly
- The road to be longer
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Frogs and other animals to have a home
Hint: A clean pond gives animals a place to live.
Question 4
Which of these is a way that an animal helps people?
- A wasp sting hurts
- A mouse chews wires
- A sled dog pulls a sled
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A sled dog pulls a sled
Hint: Some animals do work for people.
Question 5
How can you help animals when you go camping?
- Feed the wild animals
- Take your garbage home
- Leave food on the ground
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Take your garbage home
Hint: Animals can get sick or hurt from garbage and human food.
Question 6
A guide dog helps a person who cannot see. This is a…
🦮- positive impact
- negative impact
- weather
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positive impact
Hint: Animals can help people in many ways.