Science Unit 5

Question 1

Identify the name of the vertebrate group which is most affected by the air and lan temp where it lives and explain why.

Accepted Answer

I could name the group and I was able to explain why :)

Question 2

How do vascular and non-vascular plants differ?

Accepted Answer

Vascular have tube like tissue transporting water, non vascular do not

Question 3

Smelts are fish that lay eggs in the sand on beaches. When the eggs hatch, the babies know to go to the water. Why?

Accepted Answer

instinct

Question 4

Which question would help the student determine which trait on the list is an acquired trait of the baseball player?

Accepted Answer

Has the baseball player always been good at throwing a baseball?

Question 5

**List the 5 categories of vertebrates. (Students will have to write these out!)

Accepted Answer

Fish, bird, reptiles, amphibians, mammals

Question 6

How are trees, wildflowers, and gasses classified?

Accepted Answer

vascular plants

Question 7

Which of these is NOT an instinctive behavior?

Accepted Answer

a horse pulling a plow

Question 8

Several scientists observe a vertebrate with hair and wings. What could this vertebrate be?

Accepted Answer

bat

Question 9

How are gymnosperms different than plants in other groups?

Accepted Answer

because they produce seeds in cones

Question 10

Redwood trees can grow to be very tall. Why are they able to grow so tall?

Accepted Answer

because they are vascular

Question 11

How are the animals in the columns of the chart below grouped?

Accepted Answer

where the live

Question 12

Which of the are characteristics of inherited traits?

Accepted Answer

having green eyes and brown hair

Question 13

Which of the following is a characteristic of all vertebrates?

Accepted Answer

backbones

Question 14

Describe 2 characteristics that help sort the animals as either amphibians or reptiles...

Accepted Answer

I WAS able to describe 2 characteristics

Question 15

If a girl was the only blonde in her family and everyone else also has brown eyes, which of these is describing her?

Accepted Answer

inherited traits

Question 16

Some birds fly south for the winter. How do birds know when and where to fly?

Accepted Answer

instinct

Question 17

Which of these animals would be considered a vertebrate?

Accepted Answer

fish

Questions 17