Grade 6 · Science · Unit 14 of 14
Species & Hybrids
What makes a species, and what happens when two kinds breed.
What your child practises
Practises what a species is, what viable offspring are, and hybrids such as mules, ligers, grolar bears and hybrid crops.
Manitoba Curriculum learning outcome: SCI.6.E.16 · the nature of plant and animal species: viable offspring and hybrids
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
A grolar bear (or pizzly bear) comes from a…
- black bear and a panda
- polar bear and a grizzly bear
- moose and a bear
polar bear and a grizzly bear
Hint: It is a hybrid of two bear species.
Question 2
A species is a group of living things that…
- can breed with each other and have offspring that survive and can also breed
- all have the same colour
- all live in the same country
can breed with each other and have offspring that survive and can also breed
Hint: Members of a species can produce viable offspring.
Question 3
Offspring are…
- the parents’ food
- the nest
- the young that come from parents
the young that come from parents
Hint: A foal is the offspring of a horse.
Question 4
A liger is the offspring of a…
- male lion and female tiger
- cow and a horse
- wolf and a fox
male lion and female tiger
Hint: They are two different big cat species.
Question 5
The word viable means…
- able to live and grow
- very loud
- very large
able to live and grow
Hint: Viable offspring can survive.
Question 6
A farmer wants wheat that stands up to a fungus. Which approach uses hybrids?
- Cross a strong wheat with one that resists the fungus
- Plant it in the dark
- Pour water on it
Cross a strong wheat with one that resists the fungus
Hint: Selecting parent plants gives new combinations.