5.L.3.1

Bob is a tall, slender young man with red hair and blue eyes. Which couple would most likely be Bob’s parents? 

• a slender, red-haired father and a tall, blue-eyed mother 
• a tall green-eyed father with long brown hair and a short, brown- haired mother 
• a short, green-eyed, black-haired father and a tall, brown haired, brown-eyed mother 
• a short, plump brown-haired father with freckles and a short, blue- eyed red-haired mother 

Which is true about parents and their offspring? 

• Characteristics are passed from parents to offspring, resulting in the offspring being identical to the parents. 
• Characteristics are passed from parents to offspring, resulting in parents teaching offspring how to look and act. 
• Most characteristics are chosen by the offspring and not passed from parent to offspring. 
• Some characteristics are learned and not passed from parent to offspring. 

A deer inherits some of its features from its parents. Other features come from its environment. Which feature would a deer most likely inherit from its parents? 

• a long scar
• brown eyes
• missing teeth
• a broken antler

Which best explains why the offspring of giraffes generally look similar to their parents? 

• Giraffe parents teach their offspring to look like them. 
• Giraffe parents pass on characteristics to their offspring. 
• Offspring mimic their parents’ appearances and actions. 
• All giraffes look the same. 

Which is characteristic of heredity? 

• behaviors taught to parents by offspring 
• behaviors taught to offspring by parents
  
• passing of physical characteristics from parents to offspring 
• passing of physical characteristics from offspring to parents 

The carrier of genetic information

• DNA
• RNA
• phenotype
• nucleus

A characteristic that an organism can pass on to its offspring

• heredity
• punnett square
• trait
• phenotype

the study of heredity

• hair studies
• genetics
• heredetics
• biology

A set of traits an organism receives from its parents

• heredity
• DNA
• chromosome
• allele

 ________ traits, which include features and behaviors (like instincts), are those passed from parent to 

• learned
• inherited
• structured
• controlled