Organisms Review

Plants can be divided into two groups. What are the names of these two groups?

• flowering and non-flowering

• seed and flowering

• seedless and non-flowering

• spores and seeds

One way animals are described is having a protective skin covering, an inside skeleton, muscles attached to the bone, and lungs or gills for obtaining oxygen from the air. How are animals with these characteristics classified?

• Bacteria

• Flowering

• Invertebrate

• Vertebrate

Three seedlings of the same tree species were located along the side of a hill and measured. The results of those measurements are shown in the graph below.

At the last measurement, the height of plant #1 was

• 10 centimeters

• 20 centimeters

• 20 millimeters

• 80 centimeters

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CCSS.2.MD.D.9

CCSS.3.MD.B.4

Three seedlings of the same tree species were located along the side of a hill and measured. The results of those measurements are shown in the graph below.

Which plant probably received the most sunlight during the measurement period?

• Plant 1

• Plant 2

• Plant 3

• all three plants received the same amount

True or False.

All animals go through the same stages of development.

They all go through the following stages: egg → young → adult.

• True

• False

Which of these shows an animal that looks similar to its parent AFTER hatching from its first stage?

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Inherited traits in an organism come from their ____________.

• aunts

• grandparents

• parents

• siblings

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Cactus leaves are thick because

• Animals eat cactus leaves and thick leaves taste better

• Desert temperatures are hot and thick leaves lose less water

• Desert temperatures are hot and thick leaves provide the cactus with shade

• Animals eat cactus leaves and thick leaves are tough and don’t get eaten as much

An octopus can change its body to look like a venomous dangerous sea snake. Why would this happen?

• The octopus wants to become a vertebrate to be stronger.

• The octopus senses danger and responds to stay safe.

• The octopus admires the beauty of a sea snake.

• The octopus can eat prey easier as a sea snake.

Many animals have the same type of sense organs as humans however some have sharper senses to survive. Which situation DOES NOT show an animal with a sharply developed sensory organ?

• Migratory animals stay where they are.

• Bats can use echolocation.

• Dogs have a very strong sense of smell.

• Small mammals can see in very low light conditions.