TNReady Life Science Review 5th Grade

A characteristic that appears when the offspring receives a factor from one or both parents. For example: Both parents have brown eyes and their offspring have brown eyes.

• Inherited traits

• dominant trait

• recessive trait

• instinct

Characteristics passed from parents to offspring are _____

• inherited traits

• dominant traits

• recessive traits

• instinct

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

A behavior that an animal doesn’t need to learn is an ____

• inherited traits

• dominant traits

• recessive traits

• instinct

What type of adaptation helps a living thing hide in its environment?

• camouflage

• inherited trait

• instinct

• gene

Animals inherit certain characteristics, such as fur color. What are some characteristics that plants inherit?

• flower color

• number of legs

• number of arms

• growing away from the light

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

What did scientist Gregor Mendel discover during the 1800s?

• Pea plants pass on only dominant traits to offspring

• Human parents pass traits on to offspring.

• There is no way to track how traits are inherited

• Some inherited traits are dominant & some are recessive

Which of the following is an example of an instinct that helps an animal survive?

• a skunk spraying a smelly mist for protection

• a raccoon learning to cross the road

• a dog learning to beg for food

• a human riding a bicycle

Which of the following is an example of learned behavior?

• Ground squirrels hibernating for the winter

• Geese migrating south for the winter

• A lion cub hunting as its mother does

• An octopus spraying ink for protection

Which is the term for a section of a DNA molecule that carries information for traits such as hair and eye color?

• gene

• offspring

• dominant trait

• recessive trait

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Organisms live, or perform basic functions to stay alive. They also survive, or compete for resources, protect themselves, and find food. In which of the following behaviors does a fly use a structure of its body to escape from predators?

• eating

• breathing

• flying

• sleeping