NC Check in review #1

Which comparison of ecosystems is true?

• Tundras are warmer than grasslands

• Grasslands get more rain than deserts.

• Deserts have more plants than rainforests.

• Rainforests are rockier than tundras.

High average daily temperature and heavy annual precipitation are found in a

• desert

• grassland

• rainforest

• tundra

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Where are fern plants MOST likely to grow?

• in a desert

• along a river

• at the bottom of an ocean

• in the middle of a prairie

Which part of a pond ecosystem gives small fish shelter?

• rocks

• water

• frogs

• soil

Which of the following best explains why children usually look more like their siblings (brothers and sisters) than their friends?

• They eat more of the same foods and drinks as their siblings.

• They spend more time together over the years with their siblings.

• They share many of the same genes from their parents with their siblings.

• They share more of the same environmental influences with their siblings.

A mother and kitten look like each other because

• the kitten responded to stimuli around her the same way the mother did.

• the kitten is growing up in the same environment as the mother.

• the mother passed on many of her traits to the kitten.

• the mother trained the kitten to have her traits.

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Which feature is a kitten MOST likely to inherit from its parents?

• diet

• color

• independence

• health

Which human trait is MOST likely inherited from a parent?

• learning to ride a bike

• holding a spoon

• reading a book

• height

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Which of the following human traits is LEAST likely to be inherited?

• height

• hair color

• eye color

• fingerprints

Which characteristic of a kitten is an acquired trait due to environmental influences?

• cleaning its ears

• sleeping on a chair

• sharpening its claws

• meowing when it is hungry

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