Topic 1 Day 4 Analyzing Data

A study on a poultry farm was conducted to determine the percentage of vitamin supplement necessary to add to the feed of turkeys in order to maximize their growth. According to this data, what percentage of vitamin supplement should be added to the turkeys' diet?

• 6%

• 8%

• 10%

• 14%

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

Based on the table, which of the following statements is correct?

• Temperature seems to affect the gender of both birds and geckos.

• Temperature seems to affect the gender of birds only.

• Temperature seems to affect the gender of geckos only.

• None of the statements above are justified by the data.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

You are breeding geckos and hoping to get a large percentage of female geckos. Your incubator has not been properly calibrated, so when you set the temperature to 25 °C it is actually 28 °C inside the incubator. Will this error cause you to have fewer female geckos than you would expect? Choose the best answer from the list below.

• No, this difference in temperature will not cause a noticeable change.

• No, because temperature has no effect on the gender of gecko offspring.

• No, because the gender of gecko offspring is completely random.

• Yes, this difference in temperature will cause a noticeable change.

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

What question were the scientists trying to answer?

• What is the food preference of three different species of fish?

• What is the food preference of Mollusks, Arthropods, Echinoderms, and Worms?

• How much volume of food can be held in a haddock's stomach?

• What fish is most popular?

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

Match the organism to its preferred food item.

• Echinoderms

• Dogfish

• Arthropods

• Haddock

• Fish

• Cod

Use the graph to complete the following sentence:

As depth of ​ (a)   increases ​ (b)   decreases and​ (c)   increases. ​The graph demonstrates the following relationship between the amount of dissolved salt and temperature of the water: the salinity of the water ​ (d)   as temperature ​ (e)   .

• depth
• increases
• temperature
• salinity
• water
• decreases
• stays the same