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Science Concepts and Evidence

Grade 9 · Stretch challenge · 8 questions · Version PG-144JH07-4QJ5

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What is an ecosystem?A. Net movement from higher to lower concentration B. Growth, repair, and asexual cell reproduction C. Change in inherited population traits over generations D. Organisms interacting with each other and their environment

2.

What is the role of enzymes?A. Net movement from higher to lower concentration B. Organisms interacting with each other and their environment C. They speed reactions by lowering activation energy D. Mitochondria

3.

What is evolution?A. DNA B. Mitochondria C. Change in inherited population traits over generations D. Organisms interacting with each other and their environment

4.

What is mitosis used for?A. They speed reactions by lowering activation energy B. Growth, repair, and asexual cell reproduction C. DNA D. Mitochondria

5.

What molecule stores hereditary information?A. DNA B. They speed reactions by lowering activation energy C. It is expressed in the phenotype D. Growth, repair, and asexual cell reproduction

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What is diffusion?A. Net movement from higher to lower concentration B. It is expressed in the phenotype C. Change in inherited population traits over generations D. They speed reactions by lowering activation energy

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What organelle produces most cellular ATP?A. They speed reactions by lowering activation energy B. Net movement from higher to lower concentration C. Mitochondria D. It is expressed in the phenotype

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What does a dominant allele do in a heterozygote?A. Growth, repair, and asexual cell reproduction B. DNA C. Mitochondria D. It is expressed in the phenotype

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  1. What is an ecosystem?Organisms interacting with each other and their environment
  2. What is the role of enzymes?They speed reactions by lowering activation energy
  3. What is evolution?Change in inherited population traits over generations
  4. What is mitosis used for?Growth, repair, and asexual cell reproduction
  5. What molecule stores hereditary information?DNA
  6. What is diffusion?Net movement from higher to lower concentration
  7. What organelle produces most cellular ATP?Mitochondria
  8. What does a dominant allele do in a heterozygote?It is expressed in the phenotype

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