Unit 11 Science Test

The passing of traits from parents to offspring is _______.

• nymph

• spore

• heredity

• fertilization

Animals that have THREE stages in their life cycles go through _______ _______.

• Complete metamorphosis

• incomplete metamorphosis

• instinct

• adaptation

A behavior that an animal is born with is called an ______.

• nymph

• feralization

• spore

• instinct

The process by which a sperm cell joins with an egg cell is called _________.

• fertilization

• spore

• adaptation

• anther

A cell from a fern plant that can produce a new plant is called a _______.

• nymph

• spore

• instinct

• pollination

An insect that hatches from an egg and looks like a tiny adult with no wings is a _____.

• spore

• nymph

• instinct

• heredity

A characteristic that helps an organism survive is _________.

• metamorphosis

• adaptation

• spore

• nymph

The movement of sperm cells from the male part of a flower to the female part occurs through the process of ________.

• pollination

• spore

• disperse

• photosynthesis

Some behaviors are inherited and some are learned. Which of the following is a learned behavior of a wolf.

• hunting its prey

• laying down to sleep

• breathing

The _____ stage is a part of incomplete metamorphosis but not complete metamorphosis.

• nymph

• adult

• egg

• pupa