Science Test - Environment & Survival

What does the word BIOMIMICRY mean?

• making it easier for an organism to meet its needs in its environment
• all the living and non-living things in an area
• getting engineering ideas from organisms' traits
• making it harder for an organism to meet its needs in its environment

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

NGSS.MS-ETS1-3

What does the word ENVIRONMENT mean?

• making it easier for an organism to meet its needs in its environment
• the living and non-living things in an area
• getting engineering ideas from organisms' traits
• making it harder for an organism to meet its needs in its environment

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

What does the word ADAPTIVE mean?

• making it easier for an organism to meet its needs in its environment
• the living and non-living things in an area
• getting engineering ideas from organisms' traits
• making it harder for an organism to meet its needs in its environment

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

What does the word NON-ADAPTIVE mean?

• making it easier for an organism to meet its needs in its environment
• the living and non-living things in an area
• getting engineering ideas from organisms' traits
• making it harder for an organism to meet its needs in its environment

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

NGSS.MS-LS3-1

We've learned all about the grove snails in this unit. Which snails had ADAPTIVE traits that helped them survive better now?

• yellow-shell snails
• banded-shell snails

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

We've learned all about the grove snails in this unit. Which snails had NON-ADAPTIVE traits that did NOT help them to survive?

• yellow-shell snails
• banded-shell snails

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

The banded-shell snails had shells with many traits that helped them survive. Which of these traits did NOT help them survive.

• The shell was hard and difficult to break.
• The shell helped the snail camouflage itself so predators couldn't see it.
• The shell was a bright color to attract others.

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Which traits below help explain why the banded-shell snails were more likely to survive in their environment. (Check 2)

• The shell's color helped it blend in to its environment.
• The shell was hard and more difficult to break.
• The shell tasted bad, so the song thrush did not want to eat it.
• The shell was a bright color.
• The shell strength was weaker.

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Which traits below help explain why the YELLOW-SHELL snails were LESS likely to survive in their environment. (Check 2)

• Their shells were easier for predators to see..
• The shell strength was weaker.
• The shell's color helped it blend in to its environment.
• The shell tasted bad, so the song thrush did not want to eat it.
• The shell was hard and more difficult to break.

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

True or False? Environments can change over time.

• True
• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3