Unit 4 Earth History/Ecosystems Grade 4

Picture 1 shows the fossil of an extinct animal. Picture 2 shows a modern animal. In which habitat would both of these animals be able to survive?

• Grassland

• Ocean

• Desert

• Forest

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

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Mike and his dad went fossil hunting on a mountain. They found these fossils:

1. a shark tooth

2. a snail shell

3. a clam shell

Based on these fossils, how had the area changed?

• It used to be warmer.

• It used to be cooler.

• It use to be in an ocean.

• It used to be in a desert.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

The long neck of a giraffe is an adaptation mostly for

• feeding in high treetops.

• chewing on thorny vines.

• keeping track of enemies.

• defending itself against predators.

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

The movement of weathered materials by water, wind, or ice.

• erosion

• deposition

• weathering

• volcanoes

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The process in which weathered materials eroded by water, wind, or ice are dropped in a new place.

• erosion

• deposition

• weathering

• volcanoes

The breaking down and wearing away of rock.

• erosion

• deposition

• weathering

• volcanoes

Something an organism does or how it acts.

• organism

• habitat

• migration

• behavior

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NGSS.MS-LS1-4

A behavior that an animal inherits from its parents.

• organism

• instinct/instinctual behavior

• learned behavior

• behavior

A structure or behavior that helps an organism survive in its surroundings.

• survival

• hibernate

• habitat

• adaptation

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Which animal would most likely stay where it is?

• a fox in a forest fire

• a frog whose pond has dried up

• a beaver that just finished building its dam

• a rabbit whose food is gone because of a drought

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1