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Kendal's science assessment

Total questions: 64

Worksheet time: 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the difference between vertebrates and invertebrates?

a)

Vertebrates do not have a backbone, invertebrates do have a backbone

b)

Invertebrates do not have a backbone, vertebrates do have a backbone

2.

Which of the following is not a vertebrate?

a)

Birds

b)

Amphibians

c)

Spiders

d)

Mammals

3.

What are inherited traits?

a)

Skills and knowledge that you get from experience, observation, or training

b)

Characteristics that are passed on to new generations through genes

c)

Plants that do not have tissue to transport water

d)

Moss

4.

What is an example of an inherited trait?

a)

Learning how to cook

b)

Learning to drive

c)

Listening to Miss Mann teach

d)

Hair color

5.

What are acquired traits?

a)

Characteristics that are passed on to new generations through genes

b)

Skills and knowledge that you get from experience, observation, or training

c)

Plants that do not have tissue to transport water

d)

People that do not have a backbone

6.

Which is an example of an acquired trait?

a)

Learning how to drive

b)

Your height

c)

Your eye color

d)

Your hair color

7.

How do we classify plants as?

a)

Vertebrates and invertebrates

b)

Inherited traits and acquired traits

c)

Vascular and nonvascular

d)

Spongebob and Patrick

8.

What are plants that have tissue to get water through the plants called?

a)

Nonvascular

b)

Vascular

9.

What are the two types of vascular plants?

a)

Vertebrates and invertebrates

b)

Angie and Jim

c)

Angiosperms and gymnosperms

d)

Moss and oak

10.

Which type of vascular plant produces seeds but NOT flowers and fruits?

a)

Angiosperms

b)

Gymnosperms

11.

What type of vascular plant produces flowers AND fruits?

a)

Gymnosperms

b)

Angiosperms

12.

How are nonvascular plants different from vascular plants?

a)

Vascular plants have to live nearby water to absorb water through their surroundings

b)

Nonvascular plants have roots

c)

Nonvascular plants have no tissues to get water through the plant

d)

Vascular plants do not have roots

13.
What type of animal spends its entire life under water, has fins, and breathes using gills
a)
amphibian
b)
fish
c)
bird
d)
reptile
14.
What type of animal has dry scaly skin and lays its eggs on land?
a)
fish
b)
amphibian
c)
reptile
d)
mammal
15.
What is the only type of animal that has feathers?
a)
bird
b)
mammal
c)
amphibian
d)
reptiles
16.
What type of animal has fur and feeds its young with milk?
a)
birds
b)
reptiles
c)
amphibians
d)
mammals
17.

Algea

a)

Flowering

b)

Non Flowering

18.

Dogwood Tree

a)

Flowering

b)

Non Flowering

19.

Is a fern classified as a seed or non-seed plant?

a)

seed plant

b)

non-seed plant

20.

Does the moss in this picture reproduce using seeds?

a)

yes

b)

no

21.
Look at the picture.
A dog that sits when told to.
a)
inherited
b)
learned
22.
Look at the picture.
A bird knowing how to build a nest.
a)
inherited
b)
learned
23.
Look at the picture.
A baby crying when its hungry.
a)
inherited
b)
learned
24.
Look at the picture.
Birds migrating south for the winter.
a)
inherited
b)
learned
25.

Traits that come from your parents ex. color of hair, type of fruit

a)

Inherited Traits

b)

Acquired Traits

c)

Adaptations

d)

Behavior Adaptations

26.

Traits acquired over the lifetime of an organism

a)

Physical Adaptation

b)

Acquired Traits

c)

Inherited Traits

d)

Adaptations

27.
What is an inherited trait?
a)
A behavior that an organism obtains from experiences.
b)
Characteristics passed from parents to offspring.
c)
A natural behavior that an organism inherits.
28.
What is a learned behavior?
a)
Characteristics passed from parents to offspring.
b)
A natural behavior that an organism inherits.
c)
A behavior that an organism obtains from experiences.
29.

What question can be used to sort fish, such as a bass, from amphibians, such as a frog?

a)

Does the organism use gills to breathe?

b)

Does the organism eat insects?

c)

Is the organism able to move around?

d)

Does the organism lay eggs?

30.
What type of animal spends its entire life under water, has fins, and breathes using gills
a)
amphibian
b)
fish
c)
bird
d)
reptile
31.
What type of animal has dry scaly skin and lays its eggs on land?
a)
fish
b)
amphibian
c)
reptile
d)
mammal
32.
What is the only type of animal that has feathers?
a)
bird
b)
mammal
c)
amphibian
d)
reptiles
33.
What type of animal has fur and feeds its young with milk?
a)
birds
b)
reptiles
c)
amphibians
d)
mammals
34.
What type of animal spends part of its life in water and part on land and lays its eggs in water?
a)
amphibians
b)
reptiles
c)
birds
d)
fish
35.

Algea

a)

Flowering

b)

Non Flowering

36.

Dogwood Tree

a)

Flowering

b)

Non Flowering

37.

Is a fern classified as a seed or non-seed plant?

a)

seed plant

b)

non-seed plant

38.

Does the moss in this picture reproduce using seeds?

a)

yes

b)

no

39.
Look at the picture.
A dog that sits when told to.
a)
inherited
b)
learned
40.
Look at the picture.
A bird knowing how to build a nest.
a)
inherited
b)
learned
41.
Look at the picture.
A baby crying when its hungry.
a)
inherited
b)
learned
42.

Traits that come from your parents ex. color of hair, type of fruit

a)

Inherited Traits

b)

Acquired Traits

c)

Adaptations

d)

Behavior Adaptations

43.

Traits acquired over the lifetime of an organism

a)

Physical Adaptation

b)

Acquired Traits

c)

Inherited Traits

d)

Adaptations

44.

Jumping when you hear a loud noise is an example of

a)

a learned behavior

b)

an instinct

45.

A whale performing a trick at an aquarium is an example of

a)

a learned behavior

b)

an instinct

46.
What is an inherited trait?
a)
A behavior that an organism obtains from experiences.
b)
Characteristics passed from parents to offspring.
c)
A natural behavior that an organism inherits.
47.
What is a learned behavior?
a)
Characteristics passed from parents to offspring.
b)
A natural behavior that an organism inherits.
c)
A behavior that an organism obtains from experiences.
48.

What question can be used to sort fish, such as a bass, from amphibians, such as a frog?

a)

Does the organism use gills to breathe?

b)

Does the organism eat insects?

c)

Is the organism able to move around?

d)

Does the organism lay eggs?

49.

Which of the following questions could we ask to distinguish a mammal, such a spider monkey, from a reptile, such as a crocodile?

a)

Does the animal have four limbs?

b)

Does the animal lay eggs to reproduce?

c)

Does the animal consume food for energy?

d)

Does the animal have a backbone?

50.

A student sees a turtle laying its eggs on the beach. Which of the following is an example of a question the student could ask to decide whether this is a learned behavior or an instinct?

a)

How long does it take for turtles of this type to lay their eggs on the beach?

b)

Does the turtle have to see other turtles laying eggs on the beach to know how to do that?

c)

Do other types of turtles also lay their eggs on the same beach at the same time?

d)

After laying the eggs, does the turtle remain on the beach to care for the newly hatched turtles?

51.

A student observes a tree that is shaped like a cone. What question would help the student decide whether this shape is inherited or acquired?

a)

Do all the trees of this kind have that same cone shape?

b)

Are there more birds in the cone-shaped tree?

c)

Does this cone-shaped tree produce more seeds?

d)

Is there a water source close to the cone-shaped tree?

52.
a)

its blowhole, for breathing.

b)

its scars from a motor boat.

c)

its long, rounded snout.

d)

its broad, flat tail

53.
Which plant parts do scientists use to classify plants?
a)
Mainly roots and leaves
b)
Mainly flowers and seeds
c)
Mainly leaves and stems
d)
All plant parts
54.
Which group do flowering plants belong to?
a)
ferns
b)
mosses
c)
seed plants
d)
coniferous plants
55.
The nucleus is like the ____________ of the cell.
a)
foot
b)
hand
c)
stomach
d)
brain
56.

The fluid that surrounds the organelles is... (hint... "Try to pull a fast one and..."

a)

chloroplast

b)

cytoplasm

c)

vacuole

d)

cell wall

57.
What do vacuoles do? 
a)
They actually do not have an important role
b)
They protect the cell
c)
They are the brain of the cell
d)
storage area for cells; water storage in plants 
58.

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

a)

Vacuole

b)

Mitochondria

c)

Cytoplasm

d)

Chloroplast

59.
If you were some bad guy trying to sneak into an animal cell, who would be there to stop you?
a)
nucleus
b)
mitochondria
c)
cell membrane
d)
cell wall
60.
Which of the following, found ONLY in plant cells, provides structure?
a)
cell wall
b)
chloroplast
c)
mitochondria
d)
vacuole
61.
Which structures are found in every living cell?
a)
cell membrane and cytoplasm
b)
chloroplasts and mitochondria
c)
a cell wall and nucleus
d)
chloroplasts and cell wall
62.
What is the function of the cell nucleus found in both plant and animal cells?
a)
to produce energy
b)
to control cell activity
c)
to remove waste products
d)
to allow molecules to enter the cell
63.
Chloroplasts in plant cells allow the plant to perform a function that animal cells cannot do.  What is the main function of the chloroplasts found in plant cells?
a)
to absorb light energy and manufacture food
b)
to remove waste materials by active transport
c)
to manufacture chemical energy from food
d)
to control the shape of the cell
64.
Tiny cell structures that carry out specific functions within the cell.
a)
membranes
b)
nucleus
c)
organelles
d)
animalicules

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