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Science Concepts and Evidence

Grade 7 · Stretch challenge · 8 questions · Version PG-1R15OTV-1WPT

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How do genes relate to traits?A. The cell B. Genes carry instructions that influence traits C. Resources and environmental conditions D. An organism that makes its own food

2.

What do decomposers do?A. Break down dead matter and recycle nutrients B. An organism that makes its own food C. Chloroplasts D. The cell

3.

Where does photosynthesis occur in plant cells?A. Break down dead matter and recycle nutrients B. Genes carry instructions that influence traits C. Chloroplasts D. Maintaining stable internal conditions

4.

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

5.

What limits population growth?A. Resources and environmental conditions B. Chloroplasts C. Maintaining stable internal conditions D. Break down dead matter and recycle nutrients

6.

What is the basic unit of life?A. Break down dead matter and recycle nutrients B. Genes carry instructions that influence traits C. An organism that makes its own food D. The cell

7.

What is homeostasis?A. Heritable traits that improve reproductive success B. Genes carry instructions that influence traits C. Resources and environmental conditions D. Maintaining stable internal conditions

8.

What does natural selection favor?A. An organism that makes its own food B. The cell C. Maintaining stable internal conditions D. Heritable traits that improve reproductive success

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

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