How are animals classified as a vertebrate or an invertebrate?

• Animals who have warm blood are called vertebrates, animals with cold blood are called invertebrates.

• Animals that have lungs are called vertebrates, animals that have gills are called invertebrates.

• Animals who have legs are called vertebrates, and animals that do not have legs are called invertebrates.

• Animals with a backbone are called vertebrates, and animals without a backbone are called invertebrates.

Which of the following is an example of an acquired trait?

• Piano playing

• Hair color

• Eye color

• Height

Phoebe wants her parrot to talk. The pet store salesman said the bird can learn to speak, but the bird's parents lived in an area without people and never spoke. Will Phoebe be able to teach her parrot to talk?

• Yes, because speech is an inherited trait that the bird's parents just never used.

• Yes, because speech is an acquired trait that is learned through the bird's environment.

• No, because speech is an inherited trait and the bird's parents did not speak.

• No, because speech is an acquired trait that must be taught by the bird's parents.

An inherited trait is...

• a behavior learned based on your environment

• a quality that is passed on from parent to offspring

• a behavior that is learned through practice and experience

• money you get when someone dies

Which of the following explains how a child might have blue eyes?

• The child received one set of genes for blue eyes from their mother.

• The gene for eye color changes depending on the environment.

• The child received the genes for blue eyes from both of their parents.

• The gene for blue eyes is always dominant over all other eye colors.

Mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fish all look very different, but all have a characteristic that allows scientists to group them together. What characteristic do those animal types share?

• Lungs

• Legs for locomotion

• Backbones

• External Skeletons

Chandler and Monica are having a baby. Monica is a tall woman with blue eyes, brown hair, freckles, and a love of Mexican food. Chandler is of average height with brown eyes and dark blonde hair. He plays the guitar and loves to tell jokes.

Choose FOUR characteristics that could be passed to Chandler and Monica's baby through genes.

• Brown eyes

• Love of Mexican food

• Freckles

• Guitar Playing

• Tallness

An animal has the following characteristics: gives birth to live young, has hair, vertebrate, warm-blooded, produces milk for young. What type of animal could you classify this animal as?

• Fish

• Amphibian

• Reptile

• Mammal

A learned behavior is...

• a quality passed on from parent to offspring.

• a quality that cannot be learned

• a quality that cannot be changed

• a quality that is learned through on experience and practice

What do all mammals have in common?

• Four legs

• Gills

• Fur or Hair

• Feathers or Scales