Characteristics and Growth of Organisms

Plants can be divided into two groups. What are they?

• Seed and flowering

• Flowering and non-flowering

• Seeds and non-flowering

• Spores and seeds

Which term describes an animal that does not have a backbone?

• Reptile

• Mammal

• Invertebrate

• Vertebrates

Inherited traits in an organisms comes....

• from their sibling

• from their grandparent

• from their aunts

• from their parents

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Animals are born with certain behaviors that allow them to survive. These behaviors are called...

• Learned traits

• Inherited traits

• Germinated

• Pollination

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A bird's light, hollow bones help it fly easier. Is this a behavior or a structural adaptation?

• Behavioral

• Structural

What part of the body receives signals from the environment?

• Lungs

• Sensory Organs

• Heart

• Stomach

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A mouse pushes a button to have its food released from a container. What kind of behavioral trait is this?

• Inherited

• Learned

Many animals have the same type of sensory organs as humans, however, some have sharper senses to survive. Which of these shows how a bat uses its sensory organs?

• Using night vision

• Sleeping upside down

• Having large wings for flying

• Blending into the environment

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All animals go through the same stages of development: egg-->young-->adult

• True

• False

In a hot desert, cacti needles are thick because...

• Animals eat the leaves and thick leaves taste better.

• They keep water from evaporating.

• They provided the cactus with shade.

• Cacti don't store water.

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