Science Benchmark

What does it mean to be a vascular plant?

• roots, stems, leaves

• grows on the soil

• needs no water

• does not have roots

What is non-vascular?

• plants that have tubes

• plants that do not have tubes

• plants with roots, leaves, stems

• plants with flowers

Which plant would BEST fit is spot A on this plant classification diagram?

• algea

• rose bush

• royal fern

• white pine tree

What are traits?

• the passing of traits from parent to offspring

• everything that surrounds us

• inherited characteristics that are passed down from generation to generation

• how an organism acts or responds

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Which example from the diagram represents an instinctual behavior?

• Prairie dogs are always on the lookout for potential predators.

• Chimpanzees use tools to find food.

• Spiders spin webs to catch food.

• Woodpeckers find trees that contain a lot of
  insects.

Students were asked to survey their classmates using the following terms as characteristics of humans.
What is an appropriate title to describe all of these traits?

• Adapted traits

• Inherited traits

• Learned behaviors

• Instinctive behaviors

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

In the warm southwest United States rabbits are brown and have long ears. In polar regions rabbits are white and have shorter ears.

Why do rabbits from polar regions have white fur?

• The white fur is more attractive.

• The white fur camouflages them in the snow.

• The white fur reflects more light warming the rabbit.

• The white fur makes the rabbits stand out in the snow.

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

How can we sort the three plants seen here into two groups?

• tall or short

• land or water

• seeds or no seeds

• woody or not woody

A black bear is what kind of organism?

• invertebrate, mammal

• vertebrate, reptile

• invertebrate, amphibian

• vertebrate, mammal

How would you BEST classify an ostrich?

• vertebrate, mammal

• invertebrate, mammal

• vertebrate, bird that flies

• vertebrate, flightless bird