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Science Concepts and Evidence

Grade 7 · Building confidence · 8 questions · Version PG-WY13PL-15XI

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What is a producer?A. Maintaining stable internal conditions B. Break down dead matter and recycle nutrients C. Chloroplasts D. An organism that makes its own food

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What do decomposers do?A. Chloroplasts B. An organism that makes its own food C. Break down dead matter and recycle nutrients D. Genes carry instructions that influence traits

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What is the basic unit of life?A. The cell B. An organism that makes its own food C. Maintaining stable internal conditions D. Genes carry instructions that influence traits

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How do genes relate to traits?A. Break down dead matter and recycle nutrients B. Chloroplasts C. Genes carry instructions that influence traits D. Maintaining stable internal conditions

5.

Where does photosynthesis occur in plant cells?A. Resources and environmental conditions B. An organism that makes its own food C. Maintaining stable internal conditions D. Chloroplasts

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What limits population growth?A. Genes carry instructions that influence traits B. Chloroplasts C. An organism that makes its own food D. Resources and environmental conditions

7.

What is homeostasis?A. Maintaining stable internal conditions B. Heritable traits that improve reproductive success C. The cell D. Chloroplasts

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What does natural selection favor?A. Resources and environmental conditions B. Chloroplasts C. Heritable traits that improve reproductive success D. The cell

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  1. What is a producer?An organism that makes its own food
  2. What do decomposers do?Break down dead matter and recycle nutrients
  3. What is the basic unit of life?The cell
  4. How do genes relate to traits?Genes carry instructions that influence traits
  5. Where does photosynthesis occur in plant cells?Chloroplasts
  6. What limits population growth?Resources and environmental conditions
  7. What is homeostasis?Maintaining stable internal conditions
  8. What does natural selection favor?Heritable traits that improve reproductive success

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