Heredity and Adaptations 5th Grade Utah

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 structures.

• live in the same places.

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Using this chart, answer the following question:

Which puppies would you most expect to have parents with brown fur?

• Sam and Kira

• Mongo and Kira

• Chewy and Yoso

• Sam and Chewy

Using this chart, answer the following question:

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.

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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 from their parents.

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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.

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

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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.

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To which environment is a buffalo best adapted?

• ice sheets

• mountains

• deserts

• grasslands

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What is the function on large padded paws on a snow leopard?

• camouflage

• protection from predators

• keep it warm

• walking in snow