4/10 Science Assessment Questions

1. Plants require mositure, oxygen, carbon dioxide, lighjt, and minerals for growth. These requirements are best described as

a. biotic factors

b. abiotic factors

c. climate factors

d. respiratory factors

2. Abiotic factors in an environment include all of the

a. plants, animals, fungi, and bacteria in a living habitiat.

b. air, water, and food that living organisms use to stay alive.

c. organisms, including those currently alive and that once was currently living.

d. rocks, water, sunlight, nutrients, climates, and other nonliving characteristics.

3. Which answer choice correctly identifies the abiotic items in a pond?

1. fish

2. water

3. dissolved gases

4. plants

5. parasites on the fish

6. rocks at the bottom

a. fish, plants, and parasites on the fisg

b. plants, water, and rocks at the bottom

c. fish, dissolved gases, and parasites on the fish

d. water, dissolved gases, and rock at the bottom

4. Which  statement does not describes a possible function of chromosomes?

a. they regulate the proteins in a cells

b. they provide a cell with energy

c. they determine the gender of an individual

d. they influence the traits of the entire population

5. Which trait is not determined by chromosomes?

a. height

b. gender

c. eye color

d. hair length

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