Science MP 2 Benchmark

A scientist is interested in learning why chimpanzees live in a group. She has noticed that they look for food together. They teach each other how to use sticks as tools. She has noticed that chimpanzee mothers are very important to the group. They stay with their young and teach them how to be chimpanzees.

-How does living in groups help chimpanzees survive?

• Chimpanzees work together to meet their needs

• Its easier for chimpanzees to find sticks in groups

• Chimpanzee mothers leave their young when they hunt for food

• It is easier for scientists to study chimpanzees that live in groups

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Arianna's family got a new puppy. Arianna wants to tell her friends about the puppy. She makes a list to describe it. Some things on Arianna's list are physical traits. Physical traits are abservable traits that offspring inherit from their parents. Which TWO traits did the puppy inherit from its parents?

• has white fur

• wears a blue collar

• sits on command

• has four legs

• can fetch a ball

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Jamal's cat had a litter of four kittens. Each kitten has four legs, two eyes, a tail, and whiskers. One of the kittens likes to sleep all day. The other kittens play a lot. Also, each kitten has different patterns and colors of fur.

Which answer best explains why these kittens have different patterns and colors of fur?

• The kittens eat different foods

• The kittens have different ancestors

• The kittens got a variation of traits from their parents

• The kittens got the same traits from their parents, they just like different things.

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Jeremiah helps his uncle with gardening. They plant two rose bushes. They plant one bush in the yard (Plant 1). They plant the other bush in a pot on the front porch (Plant 2). After a few weeks, Jeremiah makes a table to compare the plants.

Which statement abou tthe rose bushes is true?

• The heights of the plants depend on where they are planted

• The color of the bushes leaves depends on where they are planted

• The color of the bush's flowers depend on where they are planted.

• The location of the plants is an inherited trait.

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Unlike birds, mother sea turtles do not stay with their eggs. Mother sea turtles bury their eggs in nests on beaches. Then, the mothers return to the ocean. Later, the eggs hatch all at once. Look at the data in the table. Use the data as evidence to draw a conclusion.

Which statement is true about the environment and turtle traits?

• More female turtles hatch from cooler nests

• More male turtles hatch from warm nests

• Sea turtle mothers control the temperature of the nests

• More female turtles hatch from wamer nests

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What trait would you predict the offspring of the two milk snakes would have in common with each other?

• white stripes

• orange stripes

• yellow spots

• green spots

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Two calves (young cows) are born to the same parents on a dairy farm. The calves, named Moo and Spot, then move to two different dairy farms. The table compares the cows after they have moved.

Which relationship is shown in the chart?

• Cows that eat more food produce less milk

• Cows that weigh more produce more milk

• Cows that live in cooler temperatures produce more milk

• Cows with different parents make different amounts of milk

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The biologist notices that there are many flamingos in the water. She guesses that there are a few hundred in the flock. She wonders why flamingos live in large groups. To find the answer to this question, she reads a book about animal groups. In the book, she finds notes that another biologist took while observing a flamingo. The notes are organized in the cause-and-effect chart below.

Why might flamingos live in large groups? SELECT TWO!!!

• to reproduce

• to change color

• to make many nests

• to stay safe from predators

• to collect the most pink feathers

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Miguel wanted to compare flamingos living at the zoo to flamingos in the wild. He created a diagram to understand his results. Based on his diagram, why might the flamingos in th zoo have pale pink feather isnstead of bright pink feathers?

• They eat pellets

• They eat shrimp and algae

• They have curved beaks

• They have long necks

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Use the information in the table to answer the question

Which statment best explains why none of the Santa Catalina rattlesnakes have rattles?

• The rattlesnakes have the trait for curled tails instead of normal tails

• The rattlesnakes shed their skin too often to make rattles

• The rattlesnakes did not inherit the trait for rattles from their parents

• The rattlesnakes remove the rattles from their tails when they are born

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