Heredity Review

If you got a pet spider, fed it flies, let it live indoors and never taught it to spin a web, it would still know how to spin a web. Why?

• This is an instinctive behavior it inherited from its parents.

• This is a learned behavior it learned from its human owners.

• It would not know how to spin a web.

• Spiders don't exist.

If a cat has green eyes, you would most likely expect its parents to have what color eyes?

• Brown

• Purple

• Green

• Blue

A caterpillar will eventually become a butterfly. How can offspring sometimes look different from its parent organism?

• It just does.

• The offspring will eventually become like the parent.

• The offspring will never look like the parent.

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How can the seller of Dalmations make sure every puppy they raise looks like a Dalmation? They make sure the mother and father are ___________.

• Golden Retrievers

• Border Collies

• Dalmations

• Cats

Deer have adaptations that help them survive. One of them is their ability to __________.

• Fly

• Run fast

• Store blubber

• Fight with their claws

Dogs in Alaska have thick fur. What advantage does this give the dogs?

• They stay warmer in the cold climate.

• They can hibernate better.

• They can run faster.

• They look fuzzier.

What is a way desert animals have adapted to survive in the desert?

• They are active at night.

• They are small in size.

• They live in burrows.

• All of the above.

What environment is a polar bear most adapted to?

• Dessert

• Jungle

• Arctic

• Ocean

Which of the following traits is NOT a trait a horse would inherit from its parents?

• Fur color

• Eye color

• Size

• Favorite food

What advantage do webbed feet of a penguin provide?

• Help it to look cool

• Help it to fight predators

• Help it to swim faster

• Penguins don't have webbed feet.