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Worksheets7th Grade M-STEP Science Review #6
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 20mins
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Class
Date
1.
Birds have hollow, lightweight bones and wings. This characteristic of birds can be classified as:
a)
behavioral adaptation.
b)
physical adaptation.
c)
learned behavior.
d)
instinctive behavior.
2.
Scientists’ describe the way the Earth moves as making a revolution. What does this mean?
a)
It spins on its axis
b)
It tilts from one side to another
c)
It moves around another object
d)
It travels a path with a special shape
3.
Brown bear cubs stay with their mother for about two and a half years. The bear cubs watch their mother closely as she fishes in Alaska when the salmon swim upstream for summer spawning. Soon it will be the cubs’ turn to catch dinner. This characteristic of brown bear cubs and their mother can be classified as:
a)
behavioral adaptation and learned behavior.
b)
behavioral adaptation and instinctive behavior.
c)
physical adaptation and learned behavior.
d)
physical adaptation and instinctive behavior.
4.
Mrs. Nelson’s 5th grade science class took a field trip to the zoo. They observed a mother zebra and her colt eating grass. The mother and her colt looked very similar. They had the same color of hair and their striped markings looked the same. The similarities between the mother zebra and her colt are due to:
a)
heredity
b)
learning
c)
instinct
d)
habit
5.
What characteristics of the mother and young zebra above show that parents pass physical traits to their young?
a)
sharp teeth
b)
ability to blend in
c)
hair color and markings
d)
ability to run from predators
6.
Jonathon can roll his tongue, stand on his head, is left-handed, and has blue eyes. Which is NOT an inherited characteristic?
a)
roll tongue
b)
stand on head
c)
left-handed
d)
blue eyes
7.
Choose the tools paleontologists use as evidence of living things and the environment millions of years ago.
a)
petri dishes
b)
fossils
c)
telescopes
d)
weather patterns
8.
Kay, Shawn, and Brad were observing hermit crabs in their classroom habitats. When making their chart, Kay, Shawn, and Brad had to decide which of their observations were physical characteristics and which observations were behavioral characteristics. Which of the following BEST completes the following statement? Physical characteristics are:
a)
characteristics that can be measured with a ruler.
b)
traits and body structures of an organism.
c)
all characteristics that help an organism to survive.
d)
characteristics that show how an organism moves.
9.
Choose the evidence that Kay, Shawn, and Brad used to list invertebrate as a physical characteristic of the hermit crab.
a)
The hermit crab lays eggs.
b)
The hermit crab can live on land and water.
c)
The hermit crab adjusts its body temperature.
d)
The hermit crab has an exoskeleton.
10.
The students observed that as the hermit crabs grew larger, they changed shells as one of their behavioral characteristics. Choose the BEST answer that describes how changing shells might help the hermit crab to survive. Hermit crabs change shells:
a)
to play and socialize with other hermit crabs in the habitat.
b)
to have a large enough shell to hide in when predators are near.
c)
to demonstrate that they are adult hermit crabs with large shells.
d)
for camouflage when the environment changes.
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