1. The Interactions of Nature
Created by Keisha Ware
Summer 2010

2. Tennessee 7th Grade Science Standards
Flow of Matter and Energy
SPI Compare the chemical compounds that make up the reactants and products of photosynthesis and respiration.
SPI Interpret a diagram to explain how oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged between living things and the environment.
Heredity
SPI Classify methods of reproduction as sexual or asexual.
SPI Describe the relationship among genes, chromosomes, and inherited traits.

3. For this game, you will break into teams of 5-6 students
For this game, you will break into teams of 5-6 students. The game will begin with question 1. The team that answers the question correctly can then pick which question is next.
Throughout the game there are action buttons at the bottom of each slide. When the button is clicked, you are sent to the pervious slide. The button sends to the Game board. After reviewing the answer, the button also sends to the Game board.
First, print score card and then start game. This game board is quite simple. The green leafs will be number from Have fun!
Directions

4. Score Card Team 1 Team 2 To Print: 1. Click Escape Key
2. Office button; Print
3. Current Slide
4. Go to printer and pick up
5. Slide Show tab; From Current Slide
Score Card
Team Team 2
Once you are finished with the game, write and circle your team’s total score in the top right corner of this page. Please reset the PowerPoint to the opening slide and hand your score card to me. Thanks for playing!

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6. Question 1
What is asexual reproduction?

7. It is not involving the union of gamete, without sex.
Answer 1
It is not involving the union of gamete, without sex.

8. Question 2
What does asexual reproduction mean in trees?

9. It is a means of replicating without the production of seeds.
Answer 2
It is a means of replicating without the production of seeds.

10. Question 3
What does living mean?

11. Living means being alive
Answer 3
Living means being alive

12. Question 4
Is Grass living thing?

13. Yes, because uses oxygen and also water to grow.
Answer 4
Yes, because uses oxygen and also water to grow.

14. Question 5
What does nonliving mean?

15. Answer 5
It is not living.

16. Question 6
How is a leaf on the ground nonliving thing?

17. Answer 6
It is nonliving because of the lack of water and nutrients by damaged root system.

18. Question 7
What are different variations in ducks?

19. Answer 7
The sex of the bird, its age, seasonal changes caused by molting, or genetic variation.

20. Question 8
How is respiration important to human?

21. Answer 8
It is important because without respiration your body wouldn’t have any energy to carry out life function.

22. Question 9
What is the purpose of respiration?

23. The purpose is to produce energy in the form of ATP molecules.
Answer 9
The purpose is to produce energy in the form of ATP molecules.

24. Question 10
What type of environment is Muse Park?

25. Answer 10
It is biodiversity.

26. Question 11
How is Muse Park considered to be Biodiversity?

27. It has a diversity of plants and animal species in its environment.
Answer 11
It has a diversity of plants and animal species in its environment.

28. Question 12
What family is ducks considered to?

29. Answer 12
Ducks are birds. They are usually found in places with water, lakes, and streams.

30. Question 13
What kind of species do you think would be at Muse Park?

31. Birds, ducks, squirrels, ants, butterflies, and many more.
Answer 13
Birds, ducks, squirrels, ants, butterflies, and many more.

32. Question 14
What are species?

33. Answer 14
It is a group of related animals or plants that can breed among themselves.

34. Question 15
What is the dominant trait in this plant?

35. Answer 15
Pink Roses

36. Question 16
What is a dominant trait?

37. It is the trait that takes control.
Answer 16
It is the trait that takes control.

38. Question 17
What is a recessive trait?

39. Answer 17
It is a trait not seen.

40. Question 18
What is a gene?

41. It is the biological unit that carries inherited traits.
Answer 18
It is the biological unit that carries inherited traits.

42. Question 19
What is genetics?

43. Answer 19
Genetic is the study of heredity, the process in which a parent passes certain genes onto their children.

44. Question 20
Why are trees so valuable?

45. Trees are valuable because it is necessary to our life.
Answer 20
Trees are valuable because it is necessary to our life.