Living Organisms Test Review

Some but not all single-celled organisms

• reproduce

• make their own food

• get rid of waste

• move

Knowing how to read is an example of

• a physical trait

• an inherited behavior

• a learned behavior

• an inherited trait

A mother dog and her puppy have curly fur. Which BEST explains this?

• The mother dog inherited curly fur and passed on that trait to her puppy.

• The mother dog acquired curly fur and passed on that trait to her puppy.

• In dogs, curly hair is an acquired trait.

• In dogs, curly fur is a more common than straight fur.

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Which systems work together to bring oxygen into the body and deliver it to the cells? Choose the BEST answer.

• nervous and respiratory

• nervous and digestive

• muscular and skeletal

• respiratory and circulatory

Which of these is a learned behavior for a human?

• sleeping

• laughing

• playing a violin

• having brown eyes

Which is made up of many cells with different functions?

• an oak tree

• a euglena

• an amoeba

• a bacterium

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Which if the following is the definition of an inherited trait?

• a skill that an animal develops after it is born

• a characteristic that a living thing gets from its parents

• a characteristic that a living thing gets during its lifetime

• a behavior that a living thing learns from its parent

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The mouth, stomach, and intestines are all part of what body system?

• circulatory

• nervous

• skeletal

• digestive

In a population of cardinals, all the birds have short beaks. Their short beaks are an example of

• a learned behavior

• an inherited trait

• an acquired trait

• an inherited behavior

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A pine tree and its offspring are both bent in the same way. Which statement most likely explains why they are both bent?

• Both trees inherited the trait of being bent.

• The parent tree inherited its trait from its offspring.

• They both acquired this trait from being blown by the wind.

• The offspring inherited this trait from its parent.

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