Biology STAAR Review #3

Biology STAAR Review #3

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Jeremy Garcia

Biology

9th Grade

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NGSS
MS-LS2-1, MS-LS4-4, MS-LS2-4

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30 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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Which plant parts are the tubes that carry water throughout the plant?
xylem
phloem
roots
leaves

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which plant parts carry sugars and other nutrients throughout the plant?
phloem
xylem
roots
leaves

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Vascular tissue that transports water and minerals UPWARDS from a plant's roots is know as ______.
Chlorophyll
Phloem
Stomata
Xylem

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The plant tissue that carries food materials DOWNWARD from the leaves to the rest of the pant is the ______.
Phloem
Stomata
Chlorophyll
Xylem

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

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Barnacles create home sites by attaching themselves to whales. This relationship neither harms nor benefits the whales. 
parasitism
commensalism
mutualism

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

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Mistletoe extracts water and nutrients from a spruce tree. The spruce tree is harmed. 
parasitism
commensalism
mutualism

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

Two male Giraffes are fighting over the last green leaf of a tree that is dying.  
Competition
Mutualsim
Predation
Commensalism

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

8.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

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1.  A bee and a flower work together to benefit each other. This is an example of _________________. The bee helps the flower by pollinating it and the flower helps the bee by providing it with nectar. 
commensal relationship 
parasitic relationship 
mutual relationship 

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-4

9.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Inherited trait that helps an organism survive is a(n) __________.
Fossil
Adaptation
Ancestor
Natural selection

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

10.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Structures with the same parts have different functions; suggests that organisms share a common ancestry
vestigial structures
homologous structures
adaptive radiation
fossil

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

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