U8 Review

Match the following

• Change that helps an organism survive

• Learned behaviors

• Passed from parents to offspring

• Inherited traits

• Something an organism learns

• Adaptation

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

NGSS.MS-LS3-1

Match the following

• minimal or little activity (plants)

• Dormancy

• animals move to find resources

• Hibernation

• sleeps for a long time to save energy

• Migration

Match the following

• To continue to live or exist

• Function

• A body part that does a certain “job”

• Survive

• What something is used for; purpose

• Structure

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS1-4

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How do shells help organisms like turtles and snails?

• They help the organisms move from one place to another.

• They help the organisms defend against predators.

• They help the organisms catch and kill their food.

• None of these

Which function of the spines of a cactus is MOST LIKE that of traditional leaves?

• They do not drop during cold weather.

• They keep away animals who might eat the plant.

• They reduce water loss from the plant.

• They shade the plant from the Sun’s heat.

Unlike humans, ducks have flaps of skin between the toes of their webbed feet. These flaps of skin between webbed toes allow ducks to survive in an environment that is —

• Tundra

• Grassland

• Terrestrial

• Aquatic

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

Match the following

• Frozen

• Tropical

• Water

• Desert

• Warm & Humid

• Terrestrial

• Land

• Aquatic

• Dry

• Tundra

Organize these options into the right categories:
(1 food source, 1 set of beak qualities, & 1 picture EACH)

Groups:

(a) Cardinal

,

(b) Eagle

,

(c) Sunbird

,

(d) Roseate spoonbill

• Small animals, fish

• Small fish, minnows, crawfish, crabs, insects

• 
• Cone shaped beak for cracking seeds

• Flat and broad beak to sift through mud and water

• curved to cut & tear into prey

• 
• Seeds

• 
• Long, straw, tubular beak

• Nectar from flowers

• 

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NGSS.MS-LS1-4

Organize these options into the right categories

(4 each)

Groups:

(a) Inherited traits

,

(b) Learned behaviors

• Swimming (people)

• Nose shape

• Hair color

• Reading

• Eye color

• Throwing a ball

• Height

• Favorite food

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Knowing the best place to find food is a...

• learned behavior

• inherited trait