3.01

All of these traits can be passed from a parent tree to its offspring EXCEPT –

• the type of fruit it produces

• roots that absorb nutrients

• a trunk scarred by lightning

• leaves that release oxygen

Which best describes an inherited trait?

• a characteristic one chooses to express

• a characteristic one receives from the food one eats

• a characteristic that is passed on from one's parents

• a characteristic that is influenced by one's surroundings

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

Which characteristic would most likely be inherited by a baby?

• brown hair

• crying a lot

• ability to jump high

• his ability to talk

Heredity is the passing of traits from _____________________ to _____________________

• predators to prey

• water to rain

• parents to offspring

• fungi to protists

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

List the steps of the scientific method

d

e

f

c

b

a

Ask a question

Draw conclusions

Form a hypothesis

Analyze results

Communicate results

Conduct experiment

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NGSS.HS-LS1-3

NGSS.HS-PS1-3

NGSS.HS-PS3-4

Where inside a cell are chromosomes found?

• Golgi apparatus

• Nucleus

• Mitochondria

• Ribosome

Chromosomes contain tightly wound molecules of...

• DNA

• RNA

• IRA

• PMA

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NGSS.MS-LS3-1

A segment of DNA that codes for a trait

• gene

• centromere

• chromosome

• chromatid

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

All ecosystems, including watershed ecosystems, are affected by complex biotic and abiotic interactions involving exchanges of matter and energy.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

An ecosystem is made up of the (living) community and the (nonliving) factors that affect it.

• abiotic, biotic

• biotic, abiotic

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3