How Animals Sense the World

Grade 4 Science Worksheet

Circle the answer.

1. 1.

   Which sense does a dog mostly use to follow a trail?

   • taste
   • hearing
   • smell
   • sight
2. 2.

   A goalie sees a ball kicked toward the net and dives. Which step takes the brain's work?

   • seeing the ball with her eyes
   • deciding which way to dive
   • moving her legs to dive
   • hearing the crowd cheer
3. 3.

   A fish sees a shadow pass over the water. It darts under a rock. Which step happened between seeing and darting?

   • it remembered the rock from last year
   • its brain treated the shadow as danger
   • its fins sensed the shadow first
   • its gills told the fins to swim
4. 4.

   A rabbit hears a loud clap near the garden. Which response makes the most sense?

   • the rabbit starts digging a new hole
   • the rabbit runs into its burrow
   • the rabbit hops toward the clap
   • the rabbit lies down in the open
5. 5.

   Look at the cards. A dog hears its leash jingle and starts jumping. What goes in the middle card?

   • it smells the leash from another room
   • its legs hear the jingle first
   • its brain forgets the leash
   • it remembers that the jingle means a walk