Science 2B pre-assessment

Directions: Select the correct plant. Mr. Bozack's science class grew the potted plant pictured below. They named it 'Plant 1.' The plants below were grown for the same amount of time as Plant 1. They were also given the same amount of water and sunlight as Plant 1. Which plant is most likely related to Plant 1?

Directions: Select the correct image. The cat below gave birth to a kitten that looks almost exactly like her. Which of these kittens is most likely the offspring of the mother cat?

Directions: Select the correct table. Deer live in many parts of the United States. A young deer has some characteristics that are the same as an adult deer and some that are different. Look at the picture of the mother deer and the young fawn below. Which table correctly shows which characteristics of the adult deer and the young deer are the same and which are different?

A certain kind of plant can be either tall or short. The picture below shows a tall plant and a short plant. A gardener breeds two tall plants together and gets 50 offspring. Of these offspring, 37 are tall and 13 are short. What can the gardener conclude about parents and offspring?

• Tall plants do not pass on their trait of height to their offspring.

• Tall plants usually have tall offspring, but they can be different heights.

• Tall plants always have tall offspring, and they are taller than the parents.

• Tall plants will have shorter and shorter offspring over time.

A pea plant plant has purple flowers. The pea plant reproduces and its offspring has white flowers. The parent pea plant and its offspring are shown below. Which of these is true?

• The color of a pea plant's flowers changes when the pea plant has offspring.

• The flower color of a pea plant's offspring cannot be predicted.

• A pea plant can produce an offspring that has different-colored flowers than its own.

• A pea plant can produce an offspring that is not a pea plant.

A brown female Labrador has a litter of five Labrador puppies, like the ones shown below. Three of the puppies are brown, and two of them are yellow. Which of the following is most likely true?

• The yellow puppies have a disorder that causes their fur to be a light color.

• The puppies' father is a yellow Labrador.

• The yellow puppies will turn brown as they grow.

• The puppies' mother used to be yellow.

Two dogs that are siblings are shown below. What does this picture demonstrate about siblings?

• Siblings do not look like each other or their parents.

• Siblings cannot share any traits with each other.

• Siblings look similar, but they can have traits that are different.

• Siblings look the same in every way.

A daisy with orange flowers produces offspring. The flowers of the offspring are yellow. The parent daisy and the offspring daisy are shown in the picture below. What does this show about daisies?

• Orange daises turn into yellow daisies over time.

• Offspring daisies may look different from their parent daisy.

• Parent daisies always have offspring that are the same color they are.

• Offspring daisies will always be taller than their parent daisy.

A fern plant is growing in the forest by Mike's house. The leaves of the fern plant are small and green. Mike often finds small caterpillars eating the leaves of the fern plant. Which of the following is an inherited trait of the fern plant?

• The number of leaves that are eaten by caterpillars.

• The distance of the fern plant from Mike's house.

• The location of the fern plant inside the forest.

• The shape of the fern plant's leaves.

Look at the picture of the polar bears below. Which observation supports the idea that information is passed down from parents to their offspring?

• The baby bears are smaller than the mother.

• The baby bears run faster than the mother.

• There are two babies and only one parent.

• The baby bears look very similar to the mother.