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WorksheetsLife Science Mid-Term Review
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Which is NOT an inherited instinct?
A duck knowing how to swim.
A robin knowing how to build a nest.
A dog learning to roll over on command.
Monarch butterflies knowing where to migrate.
What kind of plants have the ability to grow large and tall and also lose their leaves in the fall?
woody, evergreen
woody, deciduous
mossy plants in damp places
plants with flowers and green stems
How can we sort the three plants seen here into two groups?
tall or short
land or water
seeds or no seeds
woody or non-woody
Which is an inherited instinct?
A duck knowing how to swim.
A girl solving a math problem.
A dog rolling over on command.
A cat coming to the sound of a shaken bag of food.
Mario's dog barked every day at around 6:00 PM. He barked because he knew it was time to eat. Mario wondered if his fish also knew it was time to eat. He conducted an experiment. For two weeks, he fed his fish at exactly 6:00 PM. Then Mario just walked up to the fish tank at 6:00 PM. When he did, the fish swam up to the top of the tank and began to swim in circles. What can Mario conclude about the fish?
Both the dog and the fish wanted to eat at 6:00 PM.
Mario really could not conclude anything about the fish.
The fish learned that Mario came at a certain time to feed them.
The fish learned that they had to swim to the top of the tank for food.
Juan was surprised that spiders and lobsters were similar in at least two ways. Juan also noted that all insects were similar to each other because they all had
wings.
6 legs.
8 legs.
two body segments.
This is a jellyfish. Which animal group would add this animal to?
Group 1
Group 3
Group 4
Group 5
Imagine that your teacher asked you to write a new title for this chart. What would be a good title to describe these animal groups?
Land and Water Animals
Vertebrates and Invertebrates
Warm-blooded and Cold-blooded Animals
Animals with Exoskeletons and Animals with Endoskeletons
While many traits are inherited from parents, some traits are influenced by the environment. The color of an arctic fox's fur changes throughout the year. What is the best explanation for this trait change?
Brown fur grows on females in winter and males in summer.
The fur changes to camouflage; white in winter, and brown in summer.
The fur changes based on what foxes eat in the summer and winter months.
Brown fur is warmer for cold months; white is cooler for warm months.
Inherited traits are passed from parent to offspring. All plants have characteristics that are inherited. However, variations of these traits can distinguish one plant from another type of plant. Daisies and roses are both flowering plants but each has characteristics that distinguish it as a particular kind of flowering plant. Which trait MUST differ between the two flowers?
petal shape
petal color
presence of roots
presence of a stem
Which answer choice is an acquired trait for the Dalmatian?
An acquired trait is being able to fetch.
An acquired trait is having spots.
An acquired trait is a sense of smell.
An acquired trait is his height.
Alexa classified a list of plants into two groups. What two titles could be used for Groups 1 and 2?
Group 1: Vascular
Group 2: Non-vascular
Group 1: Non-flowering
Group 2: Flowering
Group 1: Seed Producers
Group 2: Non-vascular
Group 1: Non-flowering
Group 2: Non-seed Producers
Which two types of animals share these characteristics?
cold-blooded
hatch from eggs
born with gills
insects and fish
fish and amphibians
reptiles and insects
amphibians and reptiles
The photograph shows two Golden Retrievers from the same litter. The two brothers were sold to different families. What is the BEST explanation for the difference in their physical appearance?
One dog eats the food before the other can eat.
One dog had different parents than the other dog.
One dog is being fed more food than the other dog.
One dog inherited a trait that makes it gain more weight.
This diagram shows the five main groups of vertebrates. Four of the groups are fish, amphibians, reptiles, and birds.
This diagram is not finished. What is the name of the missing group?
arachnids
insects
invertebrates
mammals
