Science-Chapter Two

Flash cards for Kari's science test

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A characteristic that makes one organism different from another? a) trait b) heredity c) gene
a) trait
The process by which traits are passed from parents to offspring? a) trait b) heredity c) gene
b) heredity
The basic unit of heredity? a) trait b) heredity c) gene
c) gene
Which is not an inherited trait? a) eye color b) shape of nose c) shape of lips d) the language you speak
d) the language you speak
By ______a)______, a child's parents pass on their ______b)_______, which carry instructions for some ________c)________the child will have.
a) heredity b) genes c) traits
Which trait is affected by behavior? a) eye color b) height c) leaf shape d) attached earlobes
b) height
The process that plants use to make sugar? a) photosynthesis b) life cycle
a) photosynthesis
All the stages a living thing goes through? a) photosynthesis b) life cycle
b) life cycle
As the birds and insects move from flower to flower, they _____________, or bring pollen to, the flowers.
pollinate
Each plant holds a tiny plant called an __________.
embryo
When the soil is warm and ther is enough moisture, the plant will _________________, or begin to grow.
germinate
What stage is missing from the plant life cycle? 1st: germinate 2nd: _____________ 3rd: flowering stage 4th: pollinate
seedling
Ferns reproduce with seeds? true or false
false. Ferns reproduce with spores
The fiddleheads uncurl and grow into fern fronds. This is the ________________ gereration. a) gametophyte b) sporophyte c) spore
b) sporophyte
Mosses are vascular plants? true or false
false. Mosses are nonvascular