Review- Inheritance and Variance of Traits

Multiple Choice

What is the definition of CHARACTERISTIC?

• Passed on from a parent to an offspring

• Information that supports an idea

• A feature that helps identify some thing

• Miss Browns' curly hair

Open Ended

A scientist cross-pollinates two different plants. What types of characteristics will the offspring, or baby plants, have?

Fill in the Blank

Evidence is information that supports an ____.

Multiple Select

Which of the following is an example of a group?

• Miss Brown

• Classmates in the same class.

• A family at the beach.

• All of 5th grade

Open Ended

What are some examples of INHERITED Traits?

Multiple Choice

If you fall and get a bad scratch that turns into a scar, is that considered an inherited trait?

• YES!

• NO!

Fill in the Blank

An ________ is a single, self-contained, living thing.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is the definition of a PARENT?

• A lion with a cub

• An adult plant or animal that has offspring or young

• Miss Brown and her pets

• Passed on from a parent to an offspring

Open Ended

Give three examples of traits that a puppy would inherit from its mother.

Multiple Choice

Zebras and giraffes are animals that eat plants. Both animals have flat teeth because they -

• Inherited this trait from their parents.

• Migrate to wherever they can find plants.

• Have eaten plants since being born.

• Live together in the same habitat.

Multiple Choice

A bird and a lizard both hatch from eggs. What is the best explanation for why they both hatch from eggs?

• They breathe by taking gas into their bodies from the air.

• They inherited egg-laying from their parents.

• They live in the same habitat and have the same needs.

• They eat the same types and amounts of food.