TCI: Science Alive Unit 4: Lessons 1-2

What is a species

• a group of living things of the same kind

• a characteristic that living things have

• a group of living things that are different

• a characteristic passed by a parent to its offspring

__________ is a trait that a child can inherit from a parent

• eye color

• nose shape

• hair color

• all of above

Which of the following is an example of trait that an animal DOES NOT inherit from its parents

• scale color

• fur length

• a broken horn

• webbed feet

Coconut crabs and flower crabs

• have all the same traits

• inherit the same characteristics

• are member of a different species

• do not inherit traits from their parents

Offspring can have different traits from their parents. This means that a common daisy plant may

• not have any leaves even though its parents do

• have a taller stem than its parents

• no need sunlight like its parents do

• grow up to be a rose instead of a daisy

A pine tree with needle-shaped leaves passes this inherited trait to its offspring. This mean that the offspring's leaves are

• circular

• wide and flat

• needle-shaped

• differently colored

The shape of a blue jay's beak is one of its

• environments

• offspring

• behaviors

• traits

When a female lion gives birth, her young

• form a new species that did not exist before

• are the same species as each other and her

• are all the same species, but a different species from her

• are each a different species and different from her

The environment is

• a place where an organism lives

• the nonliving things that can affect an organism

• the living and nonliving things that surround an organism

• the plants and animals that affect the traits of an organism

_________ is an example of a trait caused by the environment

• A scar on a person's arm

• The pinkish color of a flamingo

• A hole in a tree created by a woodpecker

• all of the above