Science Test 5th grade II Quarter 30%

Animals that have a backbone or spinal column.

• Vertebrates

• Invertebrates

• Plants

Animals that do not have a backbone.

• Soil

• Invertebrate

• Small rabbits

The passing of traits from parents to offspring.

• genome

• heredity

• DNA

This is an example of an inherited trait.

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How living things are specialized to suit to their environment.

• adaptation

• Community

• Food web

Permanent change in DNA due to error during cell replication.

• evolution

• mutation

• environment

Community of living things interacting with non living things.

• ecosystem

• food chain

• forest

This is an example of a biotic factor.

• animals

• water

• soil

This is an example of an abiotic factor.

• animals

• water

• mushrooms

A very large area of the planet which is classified by the animal and plants that live in it.

• food web

• biome

• rocky mountains