Heredity

This picture represents which stage of a plant's life cycle?

• 1st-seed

• 2nd-seedling

• 3rd-mature plant

• 4th-flower

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NGSS.3-LS1-1

Traits that parents pass on to their offspring are called________________ traits.

• Learned

• Metamorphosis

• Acquired

• Inherited

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

Which is an example of an inherited trait?

• Having freckles

• Speaking two languages

• Doing cartwheels

• Being good at math

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Which is an example of an acquired trait?

• The ability to roll your tongue

• Being taller than your classmates

• Having attached earlobes

• Leaving a building when the fire alarm goes off

Which is NOT an example of a learned behavior?

• Cougars teach their young cubs how to hunt.

• Meerkats use dead scorpions to teach their young how to kill them safely.

• A squid squirts out black ink when scared.

• A wren learns to sing a certain song from listening to their parents.

The various stages of an organism's development and reproduction is called a _______________________________.

• food chain

• life cycle

• germination

• adaptation

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

A reproductive cell that can grow into a new organism without fertilization is called a ___________________.

• flowering plant

• seed

• spore

• acorn

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

A plant that uses flowers to reproduce is called a ______________.

• spore

• conifer

• seedling

• flowering plant

The process by which the characteristics of a species change over many generations in response to the environment is called __________________________.

• adaptation

• germination

• metamorphosis

• reproduction

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

The passing of traits from parent to offspring is called_________________.

• teaching

• heredity

• acquired

• genes

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2