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Which organelle takes in "sun showers" and helps plants with the process or photosynthesis?

• Vacuole

• Mitochondria

• Cytoplasm

• Chloroplast

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Which of the following, found ONLY in plant cells, provides structure?

• cell wall

• chloroplast

• mitochondria

• vacuole

Check mark all that apply. How can you tell the difference between a Plant Cell and an Animal Cell? (Hint there's more than one right answer)

• Plants Cells have Mitochondria and Animal Cells do not

• Plant cells have a Cell Wall and Animals cells do not

• Animal cells have many, small Vacuoles. Plant cells have one large Vacuole.

• Animal cells do not have Chloroplast, but Plant cells do.

• Plant cells have a square shape and Animal cells have a circle shape.

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According to natural selection, organisms more suited to their environment are better able to

• Sleep

• Survive

• Perish

• Migrate

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The process of passing down favorable traits to one's offspring is called

• Artificial Selection

• Mutations

• Evolution

• Inheritance

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Changes in genetic material are called _____________

• Mutations

• RNA

• Genes

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Definition: adaptation

• inherited characteristic that increases chances of survival

• organisms with traits well suited to their environment survive and reproduce at a greater rate

• a growing population causes a scarcity of resources

• differences in the DNA sequence

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What is the main difference between primary and secondary ecological succession?

• Primary begins WITHOUT soil; Secondary begins WITH soil

• Primary is the first state and secondary is the second stage

• Primary builds plant community; secondary builds animal community.

• Primary begins WITH soil; Secondary begins WITHOUT soil

What is an example of an area that is likely to undergo primary succession?

• Glaciers melt and leave exposed rock

• Plants die from drought and decompose

• Land is bulldozed and soil remains

What is ecological succession?

• A slow change in an environment

• A change that takes days in an environment

• No change

• Abiotic change

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