Science: Classifications

When sea turtles hatch on beaches, how do they know to crawl to the ocean?

• learned behavior

• instinct

• inherited trait

• aquired trait

Which of the following is NOT an invertebrate?

• squid

• octopus

• jellyfish

• snake

How would you classify all the following plants?

oak tree

sunflowers

grass

• nonvascular

• vascular

• angiosperms

• gymnosperms

What type of vertebrate is a bat?

• fish

• bird

• mammal

• reptile

What type of vertebrate first lives in water then develops lungs to live on land?

• amphibian

• reptile

• fish

• mammal

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Blue eye, brown hair, and freckles are all _________________.

• acquired traits

• inherited traits

• learned behavior

• instrictive behavior

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

How are gymnosperms different from angiosperms?

• Gymnosperms grow close to the ground and angiosperms grow tall.

• Gymnosperms produce seeds in cones and angiosperms produce seeds in flowers.

• Gymnosperms reproduce with spores and angiosperms reproduce with seeds.

• Gymnosperms reproduce with flowers and angiosperms reproduce with cones.

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Which of the following are instinctive behaviors?

• birds flying south in winter

• riding a skateboard

• spiders spinning a web

• butterflies spinning a cocoon

• squirrels coming to a birdfeeder to eat

What do vascular plants that nonvascular plants to not have?

• seeds

• cones

• flowers

• tubes

Which of the following are inherited traits?

• blonde hair

• learning to read

• cooking french fries

• eye color

• how tall you are

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NGSS.MS-LS3-1

NGSS.MS-LS3-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-4