Life Science 2 Review

Some animals, such as birds, have beaks, while other animals, like horses, have large mouths and flat teeth. The difference in these structures is most closely related to -

• The types of foods these animals eat

• The sounds the animals make

• The habitat the animals live in

• The type of offspring they have

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Which answer correctly displays the function of teeth?

• Flat Teeth-tear meat

  Sharp Teeth-grind plants

• Flat Teeth-grind plants

  Sharp Teeth-tear meat/flesh

What is the function of eyes on the side of the head-

• To allow animals to focus on and target prey

• To see more of their surroundings so they can escape predators

• So they can hunt prey

What structure helps animals escape from predators?

• scales

• strong legs

• shell

• body pattern

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The function of (a)   is to conserve water with a waxy coating.

An inherited trait

• is a physical characteristic that an organism is born with

• is something that an organism learns from others

• is a trait that can be taught

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An example of an instinct is-

• Eye color

• Number of legs

• A child learning to read

• Migration

An example of a learned behavior is-

• Bird building a nest

• Fur color

• Shape of ears

• A rabbit learning to drink water from bottles in its cage

When comparing the life cycles of the radish plant and the darkling beetle, what is one way that the life cycles are different?

• They both have stages where they grow into adults.

• One hatches from an egg and the other grows from seeds.

• They both look like the adult as they go through their life cycles.

• One has an adult stage and the other does not.

What is one way that the life cycles are SIMILAR?

• The egg and seed stage look similar to the adult.

• Both life cycles have exactly the same stages.

• Crickets hatch from eggs and bean sprouts from seeds.

• In the adult stage each organism can reproduce.

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