Grade 2 · Science · Unit 1 of 7
Life Cycles, Matter & Forces
Life cycles, solids and liquids, pushes and pulls.
What your child practises
Practises life cycles, adaptations, states of matter, forces and water, with local examples. It follows the Explore Your World skill descriptors on sustainable futures and exploration in the New Brunswick curriculum.
New Brunswick Curriculum skill descriptor: Diversity and Social Responsibility: Sustainable Futures · recognizing patterns in life cycles, matter, forces and water
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
Atlantic salmon are born in…
- mountains
- deserts
- forests
- rivers
rivers
Hint: They swim to the sea and return.
Question 2
What do we call animals that eat only plants?
- herbivores
- carnivores
- predators
- omnivores
herbivores
Hint: Deer are herbivores.
Question 3
What is an adaptation?
- a part or behaviour that helps a living thing survive
- a toy
- a kind of food
- a weather type
a part or behaviour that helps a living thing survive
Hint: Thick fur helps a bear stay warm.
Question 4
Water covers about how much of Earth?
- a tiny bit
- none, it's all land
- most of it
- none
most of it
Hint: Oceans are huge.
Question 5
What happens to water when it gets very cold?
- it grows
- it floats away
- it burns
- it freezes
it freezes
Hint: Water freezes at 0 °C.
Question 6
What are the stages of a butterfly's life cycle in order?
- caterpillar, butterfly, egg, chrysalis
- butterfly, egg, chrysalis, caterpillar
- chrysalis, egg, butterfly, caterpillar
- egg, caterpillar, chrysalis, butterfly
egg, caterpillar, chrysalis, butterfly
Hint: Each stage looks different.