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6th grade · Science · Unit 9 of 9

Growing & Reproducing

Flowers, nests, genes, sunlight and copies of parents.

What your child practices

Practices how animal behaviors and plant structures help living things reproduce, how genes and the environment both affect growth, and why asexual reproduction makes offspring with the same genes as the parent, with examples like Oregon's hazelnut orchards and salmon returning to spawn.

Oregon State Standards learning standard: 6.LS1.4; 6.LS1.5; 6.LS3.2 · behaviours and structures that help organisms reproduce, what affects growth, and asexual versus sexual reproduction

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    A male bird sings and shows bright feathers in spring mainly to…

    • attract a mate
    • scare the sun
    • stay warm
    • find water

  2. Question 2

    Offspring from sexual reproduction get genes from…

    • the environment only
    • one parent
    • two parents
    • no parent

  3. Question 3

    A strawberry plant sends out runners that grow new plants. This is…

    • asexual reproduction
    • germination
    • pollination
    • sexual reproduction

  4. Question 4

    Bright petals and sweet nectar help a flower…

    • make shade
    • attract pollinators
    • drink water
    • scare away insects

  5. Question 5

    Bacteria split into two identical cells. This is…

    • photosynthesis
    • pollination
    • asexual reproduction
    • sexual reproduction

  6. Question 6

    Fish in a crowded pond grow smaller than the same kind in a large lake. The main cause is…

    • the water is too clean
    • less food and space
    • their genes changed
    • they are a new species

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