science chap 3 lessons 5 and 6: characteristics

what are characteristics?

• qualities an organism has

• offspring

• parents

• Mendel

Who was Gregor Mendel

• monk who studied characteristics of pea plants

• German who studied chemical reactions

• English teacher who studied atoms

• researcher who studied apes

what does inherited mean?

• receive characteristics from an organism's parents

• occurs when two or more living things need the same resources in order to survive

• characteristic that can hep an individual compete

• the child of a parent

what is an offspring?

• receive characteristics from an organism's parents

• occurs when two or more living things need the same resources in order to survive

• characteristic that can hep an individual compete

• the child of a parent

what is competition?

• receive characteristics from an organism's parents

• occurs when two or more living things need the same resources in order to survive

• characteristic that can hep an individual compete

• the child of a parent

what is an advantage?

• receive characteristics from an organism's parents

• occurs when two or more living things need the same resources in order to survive

• characteristic that can hep an individual compete

• the child of a parent

Which is the best way to reasonably predict what a puppy will look like?

• Look at both parents of the puppy.
• Look at the parents of the puppy's mother.
• Look at the mother's older puppies from a previous litter.
• Look at dogs that are the same breed as the puppy's father.

Which of the following is an inherited trait?

• reading
• eye color
• table manners
• juggling

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Which best describes an inherited trait?

• a characteristic one chooses to express
• a characteristic one receives from the food one eats
• a characteristic that is passed on from one’s parents
• a characteristic that is influenced by one’s surroundings

Matt is a tall, eleven-year-old boy. He has a scar on his right cheek. He is intelligent and an excellent drummer. Which of his traits did he most likely inherit?

• his height

• his intelligence

• his scar on his right cheek

• his ability to play the drums

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