Traits 5.L.3.1 & 5.L.3.2

Jana has red hair and freckles. Her four sisters and her mother also have red hair and freckles. Jana is very shy. However, neither her sisters nor her mother is shy.

This is an example of how:

• offspring must be exactly the same as their parents and each other in both appearance and behaviors.

• offspring can be similar to their parents and each other in appearance but can have different behaviors.

• offspring can only be similar to their parents and each other in behaviors, not in appearance.

• offspring must be completely different from their parents and each other in both appearance and behaviors.

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

What causes offspring to look similar to their parents?

• the foods they eat

• the amount of water they drink

• the traits they inherit

• the habits they learn

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

How is a plant most likely to be different from its parents?

• It will grow in a different place.

• It will grow best in a different season.

• The shape of its leaves will be different.

• It will make a different kind of fruit.

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Kim has freckles. Which best explains why Kim’s newborn brother will most likely also have freckles?

• Kim likes freckles.

• All babies have freckles.

• Kim’s parents have freckles.

• Kim’s mother wants the baby to have freckles.

Why does an organism look different from its parents?

• The organism inherits half of its characteristics from the male parent and half from the female parent.

• The organism inherits most of its characteristics from the female parent.

• The organism inherits most of its characteristics from the male parent.

• The organism develops its own set of characteristics after it is born.

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

James is a fifth grade boy with brown hair and blue eyes. Which best explains why James has brown hair?

• Brown hair is an inherited characteristic in James’s family.

• Brown hair is a popular hair color among fifth grade boys.

• Brown is his mother’s favorite color.

• Brown is his favorite color.

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NGSS.MS-LS3-1

Which best explains why the offspring of giraffes generally look similar to their parents?

• Giraffe parents teach their offspring to look like them.

• Giraffe parents pass on characteristics to their offspring.

• Offspring mimic their parents’ appearances and actions.

• All giraffes look the same.

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

Which is characteristic of heredity?

• behaviors taught to parents by offspring

• behaviors taught to offspring by parents

• passing of physical characteristics from parents to offspring

• passing of physical characteristics from offspring to parents

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

How are similarities passed from parent to offspring?

• through blood

• through genes

• through touch

• through learning

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

Lucas and his sisters can roll their tongues and play the piano. His mother and his brother cannot roll their tongues nor play the piano. What can most likely be concluded about Lucas’s father?

• His father can roll his tongue.

• His father can play the piano.

• His father can roll his tongue and play the piano.

• His father cannot roll his tongue nor play the piano.