U8 Review

Match the following

• Change that helps an organism survive

• Inherited traits

• Something an organism learns

• Learned behaviors

• Passed from parents to offspring

• Adaptation

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NGSS.MS-LS3-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Match the following

• sleeps for a long time to save energy

• Dormancy

• animals move to find resources

• Migration

• minimal or little activity (plants)

• Hibernation

Match the following

• What something is used for; purpose

• Structure

• To continue to live or exist

• Function

• A body part that does a certain “job”

• Survive

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NGSS.MS-LS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

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-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Match the following

• Land

• Desert

• Frozen

• Tundra

• Warm & Humid

• Aquatic

• Water

• Tropical

• Dry

• Terrestrial

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

• Cone shaped beak for cracking seeds

• Seeds

• 
• Flat and broad beak to sift through mud and water

• Long, straw, tubular beak

• Nectar from flowers

• Small fish, minnows, crawfish, crabs, insects

• curved to cut & tear into prey

• 
• Small animals, fish

• 
• 

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NGSS.MS-LS1-4

Organize these options into the right categories

(4 each)

Groups:

(a) Inherited traits

,

(b) Learned behaviors

• Reading

• Swimming (people)

• Favorite food

• Eye color

• Hair color

• Throwing a ball

• Height

• Nose shape

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

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

• learned behavior

• inherited trait