Mystery Science End of Unit Assessment review.

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Final JeopardyFinal Jeopardy

2. 1 - $1001 - $100
 Is a cucumber a fruit or a vegetable?Is a cucumber a fruit or a vegetable?
 Even though a cucumber does not taste sweet,Even though a cucumber does not taste sweet,
a scientist would consider a cucumber a fruita scientist would consider a cucumber a fruit
because it has seeds.because it has seeds.

3. 1 - $2001 - $200
 Bees help flowers and flowers help bees.Bees help flowers and flowers help bees.
Explain!Explain!
 Bees help flowers by moving pollen from oneBees help flowers by moving pollen from one
flower to the next. This is how a flower’s seedflower to the next. This is how a flower’s seed
pod forms. Flowers help bees by giving them apod forms. Flowers help bees by giving them a
drink of nectar in the base of the flower.drink of nectar in the base of the flower.

4. 1 - $3001 - $300
 If plants get most of their traits from theirIf plants get most of their traits from their
parents, then how are plant growers able toparents, then how are plant growers able to
make new varieties of plants?make new varieties of plants?
 Even though plants get most of their traits fromEven though plants get most of their traits from
their parents, no two babies of a parent are exactlytheir parents, no two babies of a parent are exactly
alike. So plant growers canalike. So plant growers can selectselect those littlethose little
differences and keepdifferences and keep selectingselecting those over time tothose over time to
make a new variety.make a new variety.

5. 1 - $4001 - $400
 Most clover plants have three leaves, but every once in awhile, you
can find a four-leafed clover. Do you think selection could be used to
create a five-leafed clover? Why or why not?
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 I think selection could be used to create a five-
leafed clover, because no two babies are exactly
alike. A plant grower would have to select four-leaf
clover plants as parents, and wait until they had a
five-leafed clover baby.

6. 1 - $5001 - $500
 Label the following parts of this flower:Label the following parts of this flower:
 Stigma pollen dustersStigma pollen dusters
 ovary (place where the seed pod will form)ovary (place where the seed pod will form)

7. 2 - $1002 - $100
 ________ is the powdery stuff that has to be
moved from one flower to another in order for a
plant’s seed pods to form. It is often yellow in
color.
nectar
traits
ovary
variety
vegetable
pollen dusters
stigma
selection
pollen
inherit
fruit
pollinator
Fill in each blank below by choosing the best word from the Vocabulary List:
Vocabulary List
Pollen

8. 2 - $2002 - $200
 Babies __________ most of the traits of their
parents.
nectar
traits
ovary
variety
vegetable
pollen dusters
stigma
selection
pollen
inherit
fruit
pollinator
Fill in each blank below by choosing the best word from the Vocabulary List:
Vocabulary List
inherit

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 The __________ is the sticky, center part of a
flower where pollen must land, in order for a
plant’s seed pod to develop.
nectar
traits
ovary
variety
vegetable
pollen dusters
stigma
selection
pollen
inherit
fruit
pollinator
Fill in each blank below by choosing the best word from the Vocabulary List:
Vocabulary List
stigma

10. 2 - $4002 - $400
 At the base of any flower is a little container that
holds a plant’s eggs. Scientists call this the
___________.
nectar
traits
ovary
variety
vegetable
pollen dusters
stigma
selection
pollen
inherit
fruit
pollinator
Fill in each blank below by choosing the best word from the Vocabulary List:
Vocabulary List
ovary

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 _____________ is the sugary liquid that a plant
makes in order to attract animals (like bees) to
land on its flowers.
nectar
traits
ovary
variety
vegetable
pollen dusters
stigma
selection
pollen
inherit
fruit
pollinator
Fill in each blank below by choosing the best word from the Vocabulary List:
Vocabulary List
Nectar

12. 3 - $1003 - $100
 ___________ is the process used by plant
growers to make bigger, better varieties of plants
for us to enjoy.
nectar
traits
ovary
variety
vegetable
pollen dusters
stigma
selection
pollen
inherit
fruit
pollinator
Fill in each blank below by choosing the best word from the Vocabulary List:
Vocabulary List
Selection

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 Any plant part we eat which does not contain
seeds or does not taste sweet, we call a
______________.
nectar
traits
ovary
variety
vegetable
pollen dusters
stigma
selection
pollen
inherit
fruit
pollinator
Fill in each blank below by choosing the best word from the Vocabulary List:
Vocabulary List
vegetable

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 When we use selection to change a wild plant,
we call the new plant a ______________.
nectar
traits
ovary
variety
vegetable
pollen dusters
stigma
selection
pollen
inherit
fruit
pollinator
Fill in each blank below by choosing the best word from the Vocabulary List:
Vocabulary List
variety

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 Color, size, shape, and taste are all examples of
___________ we can select and change in a
plant.
nectar
traits
ovary
variety
vegetable
pollen dusters
stigma
selection
pollen
inherit
fruit
pollinator
Fill in each blank below by choosing the best word from the Vocabulary List:
Vocabulary List
traits

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 When a bee crawls into a flower, it brushes
against the flower’s _____________.
nectar
traits
ovary
variety
vegetable
pollen dusters
stigma
selection
pollen
inherit
fruit
pollinator
Fill in each blank below by choosing the best word from the Vocabulary List:
Vocabulary List
pollen dusters

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 If a plant part we eat tastes sweet, or if it has
seeds, then we call it a ___________.
nectar
traits
ovary
variety
vegetable
pollen dusters
stigma
selection
pollen
inherit
fruit
pollinator
Fill in each blank below by choosing the best word from the Vocabulary List:
Vocabulary List
fruit

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 Any animal that helps pollen get from one flower
to another, we call it a _______________.
nectar
traits
ovary
variety
vegetable
pollen dusters
stigma
selection
pollen
inherit
fruit
pollinator
Fill in each blank below by choosing the best word from the Vocabulary List:
Vocabulary List
pollinator

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 Be sure to use your Mystery AssessmentBe sure to use your Mystery Assessment
quizzes to help you prepare for tomorrow’s test.quizzes to help you prepare for tomorrow’s test.
What is your personal learning goal for this first
science assessment?

20. 4 - $4004 - $400
 This is a “Science Fruit”!This is a “Science Fruit”!

21. 4 - $5004 - $500
 A radish is a root vegetable!A radish is a root vegetable!

22. Final JeopardyFinal Jeopardy
 Is this a science “fruit” or a science “vegetable”?Is this a science “fruit” or a science “vegetable”?
 Science fruit because it has seeds inside, but itScience fruit because it has seeds inside, but it
is not sweet!is not sweet!