Lesson 1.2-1.3 Checking In

​DROP DOWN: (a)   a group of the same type of organism living in the same area?

• Population
• Heard
• Community
• Biotic matter

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By looking at this pair of scarlet macaws, which of the following down below correctly explains the "TRAITS" of these organism?

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TRUE/FALSE: Biotic matter makes up the nonliving parts of an ecosystem such as air, water, and rocks. (a)  

• True
• False

DRAG & DROP: ​ (a)   is a specific characteristic of an individual organism.

• Trait
• Gene
• Physical gene
• Adaptative trait

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Which of the following explains the difference in traits between individual organisms? Like the designs or dots on a monarch butterfly? (a)  

• Variation
• Population
• Community
• Generation

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DROP DOWN: ​ (a)   makes up the living and dead organisms in an ecosystem.

• Biotic matter
• Abiotic matter
• Physical matter

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The new cheetah cubs are a group that were born and living with other cubs is an example of which of the following? (a)  

• Generation
• Population
• Community
• Distribution

Scientists measured the spot size of all the guppies (small fish) that lived in a river 40 years ago. They measured the spot size of the guppy population again last year. When was there more variation in the spot size of guppies in the river?

• These bar graphs do not show the amount of variation in the population.

• There was the same amount of variation in spot size 40 years ago and last year.

• There was more variation 40 years ago.

• There was more variation last year.

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DRAG & DROP: ​ (a)   is the number of individuals with each trait in population.

• Distribution
• Populatin
• Generation
• Community

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Scientists measured the spine size of a population of cactuses found in an area in 1970. They measured the spine size of the cactus population again in 2015. Which of the statements below best describes the difference in the cactuses at the two time points?

• The cactuses in 1970 had smaller spines than the cactuses in 2015.

• The cactuses in 1970 had larger spines than the cactuses in 2015.

• There were more cactuses in 1970 than there were in 2015.

• There was more variation in spine size in 1970 than there was in 2015.

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