5th Grade GMAS Review

Characteristics passed from parents to their offspring.

• behavior
• learned trait
• inherited trait
• function

The passing down of traits from parent to offspring.

• heredity
• environmental traits
• recessive trait
• punnett square

What is NOT an example of an inherited TRAIT?

• eye color
• tongue rolling
• height
• speaking a language

_________ is known as the product of parents

• Infant
• Toddler
• Offspring
• Adolescent

Which of these is an inherited trait?

• a person's height
• where a person lives
• a person's ability to write
• a person learning a new language

A dog rolls over and receives a treat. The dog rolls over again. This is an example of...

• learned behavior
• adaptive behavior
• inherited behavior
• instinctive behavior

Katie observes three birds sitting on a tree branch in her yard. All three birds are red with brown on their chests. Which best explains why the three birds have similar appearances?

• The birds have similar diets.
• The birds live in the same habitat.
• The birds are sitting in the same tree.
• The birds are members of the same population.

How was the Grand Canyon formed?

• earthquake

• flowing river

• waterfall

• rainstorm

Which of these can help PREVENT soil erosion?

• construction sites

• planting grass

• raising grazing animals

• digging ditches

A hill of sand made and shaped by wind.

• landform

• deposition

• sand dune

• seismology