Pearson Chapter 4 Plants and Animals 2

What are two characteristics scientists might use to classify a plant?

• How a plant makes sugar and how it transports nutrients.

• How a plant gets rid of waste and how it reproduces.

• How a plant transports nutrients and how it reproduces.

• How a plant transports sugar and the color of the petals

The part of a flower that makes pollen is a________?

• stamen

• ovary

• pistil

• sepal

What is not the role of a plants roots, stem, and leaves in the process of making food?

• Roots take in nutrients and water.

• The leaves take in carbon dioxide and capture sunlight.

• Stems transport these materials to the leaves.

• The leaves release carbon dioxide and take in oxygen.

What is not an adaptation?

• Wings that allow eagles to fly.

• Long necks of giraffes.

• Walking in babies.

• The dark color of peppered moths,

What animal characteristics are not inherited?

• The amount of food available to eat.

• Height.

• Eye color

• Fur pattern

What does it mean to inherit a characteristic?

• To receive a trait from from a parent.

• To be given lots of money or things.

• To give a trait to a parent.

• Having contacts that change your eye color.

Which characteristic can humans inherit?

• Long or short hair

• Grandpa's car

• Dimples

• The ability to read

What is an instinct?

• A behavior the animal is born with.

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• A behavior the animal is trained to display.

• A behavior learned by observation or experience.

• A behavior forgotten over time

What is a learned behavior?

• An instinct the animal is born with.

• A behavior that an animal learns by observation and experience.

• Crying in babies.

• Breathing in humans

Which is one characteristic that scientists use to classify plants?

• Chloroplasts.

• Photosynthesis.

• Reproduction.

• Chlorophyll.