Heredity and Adaptations

In what way will a kitten always be like its parents? The kitten will....

• Be the same color

• Learn the same things

• Have the same body structure

• Live in the same place

Which trait could be influenced by the environment?

• Fur color changes with the seasons

• Fur color changes as you get older.

• Height is affected by what you eat.

• You can stretch to grow taller.

An egg laid by a butterfly turns into a caterpillar. How can an offspring look so different from its parent?

• All offspring look much different from their parents.

• The caterpillar will become a butterfly.

• When the caterpillar lays eggs, they will hatch into butterflies.

• Butterflies are different from one another and their parents.

How does a seller of Cocker Spaniels make sure every puppy they raise looks like a Cocker Spaniel?

• The cross a female Cocker Spaniel with a Golden Retriever.

• They dock their tails and ears as soon as they are born.

• They train the puppies to act like all Cocker Spaniels do.

• They make sure the mother and father are Cocker Spaniels.

What specialized structures do deer have that help them survive against predators?

• Warm, brown hair

• Large and intelligent brains

• Fast running bodies

• Good digestive systems

If you got a kitten, fed it cat food, let it live indoors and never taught it to hunt, it would still know how to catch a mouse. Why?

• Instinctive behavior is inherited from parents.

• It learned from its mother or father.

• Other adult cats in the neighborhood taught it.

• It learned from humans or other pets.

Dogs from Iceland have thick hair. What advantage does that give the dogs?

• They look bigger and impress their enemies.

• They stay warmer in the cold climate.

• They hunt better and can catch more food.

• More people will want them and they become popular.

Which of the following is NOT a way desert animals have adapted to survive in the desert?

• Thick fur

• Are active at night

• Small size

• Live in burrows.

To which environment is a buffalo best adapted?

• Ice sheets

• Mountains

• Desert

• Grasslands

Select all of the learned traits caused by environmental factors.

• A cat purring and meowing to be let out of the house.

• Trees that lean away from the wind.

• Kids read better when they read at home and have parents who read.

• A homeless man begs for food.