Science BM2

1. Chimpanzee’s look for food together. They teach each other how to use sticks as tools. The chimpanzee mother is very important to the group. They stay with their young and teach them how to be chimpanzees. 

These are all examples of how chimpanzees

• Chimpanzees work together to meet their needs.

• Its easier for chimpanzees to find sticks in groups.

• Chimpanzee mothers leave their young when they hunt for food.

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1. Here is a list of traits to describe Ms. Held's new puppy Some things on the list are physical traits. Physical traits are  observable traits that offspring inherit from their parents. Which two traits on this list did the puppy inherit from its parents? 

• 3

• 1

• 2

• 5

• 4

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 Ms. Poteet’s cat had a litter of four kittens. They all have the same parents. Each kitten has four legs, two eyes, a tail and whiskers. Each kitten has different patterns of colors of fur. 

How are they able to have different patterns of fur color? 

• The kittens eat different foods

• The kittens have different ancestors.

• The kittens got a variation of traits from their parents.

• The kittens got the same traits from their parents, they just like different things.

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 Here is a chart

Mrs. Georgusis made to describe her two rose bushes, how are they different? 

• 
  The heights of the plants depend on where they are planted.

• The color of the bushes leaves depends on where they are planted.

• The color of the bush's flowers depend on where they are planted.

• The location of the plants is an inherited trait.

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 Mother sea turtles bury their eggs in nests on beaches.  What can be determined about the environment of where the eggs are buried and the turtle traits? 

• More male turtles hatch from warm nests.

• Sea turtle mothers control the temperature of the nests.

• More female turtles hatch from cooler nests.

• More female turtles hatch from warmer nests.

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 Based on this image, what trait would you predict The offspring of the two milk snakes would have in common?

• orange stripes

• 
  white stripes

• blue stripes

• red stripes

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Two calves are born to the same parents on a dairy farm. Here is a table comparing the baby cows after they move. What relationship is shown in the chart?

• Cows that eat more food produce less milk.

• Cows that weigh more produce more milk.

• Cows that live in cooler temperatures produce more milk. 

• Cows with different parents make different amounts of milk. 

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 Based on this chart, what are two reasons flamingos live in large groups?

• to collect the most pink feathers

• to stay safe from predators

• to make many nests

• 
  to change color

• to reproduce

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 Based on this diagram, why might the flamingos in the zoo have pale pink feathers instead of bright pink feathers?

• They have long necks.

• They eat pellets.

• They eat shrimp and algae.

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  They have curved beaks.

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Which statement best explains why prairie rattlesnakes can have different tails?

• The snakes with curled tails are very old and lost the rattles on their tails.

• The snakes with curled tails broke off their rattles so that they could hide in new places.

• The snakes with normal tails and the snakes with curled tails live in different environments.

• The snakes with normal tails and the snakes with curled tails inherited different traits from their parents.

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