Science State Assessment

A cell without a nucleus.

• Eukaryotic

• Prokaryotic

• Heterotroph

Organisms who receive energy from dead or decaying matter.

• Prokaryotic

• Omnivore

• Heterotrophic

• Decomposers

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Rebuilding an ecosystem after a catastrophic event has occurred and soil is present.

• Primary Succession

• Secondary Succession

• Natural Selection

• Adaptations

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

The trait that is always expressed.  It will hide or mask the other trait.

• Recessive

• Dominant

• Natural Selection

• Homeostasis

Behavior patterns, or internal and external structures which allow an organism to survive and reproduce in their environment successfully.

• Adaptations

• Homeostasis

• Recessive traits

• Natural Selection

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

NGSS.MS-LS1-4

Organisms who make their own energy by taking in light or chemicals.

• Heterotroph

• Phototropism

• Autotroph

• Heterotroph

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

The trait that is hidden or masked by the other trait. 

• Dominant

• Eukaryotic

• Recessive 

• Homeostasis

Successful traits are passed onto offspring through natural circumstances. 

• Natural Selection

• Primary Succession

• Secondary Succession

• Dominant

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

This type of organism feeds on a host organism, causing harm to the host. 

• Decomposer

• Parasite

• Heterotroph

• Carnivore

The organism's ability to maintain equilibrium in their body.

• Homeostasis

• Heterotroph

• Prokaryotic

• Autotrophic

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-3