Standards and Benchmark Test

CNMI Standards & Benchmark Test

2nd Grade

Standard 5: Students understand the development, characteristics, processes, and interactions of living things and the natural environment

2.5.1 Know that plants and animals have structures that serve specific functions in their growth, survival, and reproduction

1. What are the plant parts?
2. How do the plant parts support each other?
3. What are the different types of animal groups?
4. What are the similarities and differences of each animal groups?


2.5.2 Know that seasonal changes have an effect on plant and animals (e.g. leaves die and fall of trees in autumn, some animals migrate or hibernate in the winter)

1. How do animals adapt during the winter/
2. What are the three ways animals adapt during the winter?
3. What happens to plants during the autumn or fall season?
4. What is adaptation, hibernation, and migration?
 

2.5.3 Know that food is a source of energy necessary for growth and development; plants use sunlight to make their own food, while animals rely on plants or other animals for food

1.  What do plants use to make their own food?
2. What do plants produce for humans and animals?
3. How do animals rely on each other for food?
4. What do carnivorous animals eat? herbivorous?