Grade 6 · Science · Unit 4 of 15
Tiny Living Things
Microorganisms and arthropods
What your child practises
Practises how scientists observe and compare common arthropods and microorganisms, how microorganisms meet their needs, and how people protect against unwanted growth at home.
Prince Edward Island Curriculum curriculum outcome: Life Science: Diversity of Life · comparing arthropods, how microorganisms live, and protecting food and surfaces from unwanted growth
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
What does yeast do in bread dough?
- makes it rise
- turns it blue
- keeps it frozen
- makes it shrink
makes it rise
Hint: It makes tiny bubbles of gas.
Question 2
Arthropods have a hard outer covering called an…
- exoskeleton
- fur coat
- soft skin
- backbone
exoskeleton
Hint: “Exo” means outside.
Question 3
Spiders belong to which group of arthropods?
- arachnids
- crustaceans
- insects
- mammals
arachnids
Hint: Scorpions are in this group too.
Question 4
Which animal is NOT an arthropod?
- a crab
- a beetle
- a spider
- an earthworm
an earthworm
Hint: It has a soft body with no legs.
Question 5
Which tool can you use to see microorganisms?
- a telescope
- a thermometer
- a microscope
- a ruler
a microscope
Hint: It makes tiny things look bigger.
Question 6
A snail has no backbone and no jointed legs. It is…
- a vertebrate
- an invertebrate that is not an arthropod
- an arthropod
- a microorganism
an invertebrate that is not an arthropod
Hint: Check the arthropod features.