Our Natural World DA Review

Which characteristics below are Inherited Traits? (Check all that apply)

• Eye Color

• Hair Color

• Counting

• Height

• Riding a bike

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Inherited traits are characteristics of living things that come from their parents.

• True

• False

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A learned behavior is a habit or skill that you are born with that is passed down to you from your parent.

• True

• False

Which are examples of a learned behavior? (check all that apply)

• Walking

• Reading

• Blinking

• Breathing

• Talking

A producer gets its energy from:

• Eating Plants

• Eating Animals

• Making its own food

• Eating BOTH Plants and Animals

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A consumer:

• gets energy from eating other plants and animals

• gets energy from dead and decaying organisms

• Gets energy from making its own food

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Decomposers get their energy from:

• eating other plants and animals

• producing their own food

• dead and decaying animals

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Herbivores get their energy from:

• Producing their own food

• Eating only plants

• Eating only animals

• Eating both plants and animals

Carnivores get their energy from:

• Producing their own food

• Eating only plants

• Eating only animals

• Eating both plants and animals

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Scavengers get their energy from

• Producing their own food

• Eating only plants

• Eating only animals

• Eating dead animals instead of hunting.