Animal and Plant Structures and Functions

Gazelles with short legs are caught and eaten by predators more often than gazelles with longer legs. This observation would best support which of the following ideas?

• There are no gazelles with very long legs.

• Longer legs help gazelles escape predators.

• All types of predators run faster than all gazelles.

• Gazelles with short legs live longer than others.

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Farmers notice that an apple tree that does not produce flowers will not produce any fruit, and no seeds. This is evidence to support the idea that -

• flowers help protect an apple tree from insects.

• an apple tree can’t live unless it makes fruit.

• the fruit of some trees does not contain seeds.

• apple trees use flowers to produce more trees.

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The process of staying alive and in existence is:

• survival

• growth

• behavior

• external structure

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A type of organism that gets its energy directly from the Sun and is unable to move from place to place on its own:

• growth

• worm

• plant

• reptile

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How an organism acts in its envrionment:

• kind

• survival

• behavior

• function

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A structure on the OUTSIDE of an organism:

• external structure

• internal structure

• functional structure

• growth structure

A structure INSIDE a plant or animal:

• external structure

• internal structure

• functional structure

• growth structure

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An animal that hunts others for food is called:

• prey

• predator

What is the job of plant's roots?

• provide support
• anchor it to the soil
• protect the plant's stem
• absorb light for photosynthesis

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A plant takes in water and nutrients through its

• trunk
• root hairs
• leaves
• chlorophyll