Daily Science Week of 5/2/16 through 5/6/16

Monday, May 1, 2017 An organism’s actual combination of inherited alleles is the organism’s a. genotype b. phenotype c. dominant trait d. recessive trait You inherited how many chromosomes from each of your parents? a. 21 b. 23 c. 42 d. 46 The skin, hair, and nails are part of what body system? a. the digestive system b. the muscular system c. the respiratory system d. the integumentary system A. genotype B. 23 D. integumentary

Tuesday, May 2, 2017 What is the function of the cardiovascular system? a. To move food throughout the body. b. To move blood throughout the body. c. To receive and send electrical messages throughout the body. d. To break down the food we eat into nutrients that can be used by the body. The organelles necessary for photosynthesis and cellular respiration are A Golgi bodies and mitochondrion B Chloroplasts and mitochondrion C Chloroplasts and vesicles D Vesicles and cell walls What happens during cellular respiration? Organisms change nitrogen into a form usable by living things Organisms use carbon dioxide, water, and sunlight to make food. Organisms use oxygen to get energy from food, some of which is released as heat. Organisms use nitrogen to produce energy, which is transferred along a food chain. B. B C

Wednesday, May 3, 2017 Alleles are a. dominant b. recessive c. forms of a gene d. an organism’s physical appearance Your stomach, intestines, heart, lungs, skin and brain are all examples of a. tissues b. organs c. an organism d. an organ system An individual that has two alleles that are different for a trait is a. recessive b. dominant c. homozygous d. heterozygous C B D

Thursday, May 4, 2017 Which of the following choices are in the correct order from smallest to largest? a. tissue, cell, organ system, organism, organ b. cell, tissue, organ system, organ, organism c. organism, organ system, organ, tissue, cell d. cell, tissue, organ, organ system, organism Which feature is commonly formed at a plate boundary where oceanic crust converges with continental crust? an ocean trench a transform fault new oceanic crust a mid-ocean ridge The female reproductive structure in flowers is called the a. stems b. pistil c. stigma d. stamens D A B

Friday, May 5, 2017 List as many steps of the Engineering Design Process as possible. You would expect a cell with an extensive Golgi apparatus to a. make a lot of ATP. b. package a lot of material. c. move actively. d. perform photosynthesis. e. store large quantities of food A duck flies 60 meters in 10 seconds. What is the duck’s speed? 600 m/s 50 m/s 6 m/s 70 m/s Ask, Imagine, Plan, Create, and Improve B C