Science Chapter 2B

What is an egg?

• An animal structure that protects and feeds some very young animals

• the largest star in the solar system

• The inside of an avocado

• a type of car

Most reptiles, birds, and fish hatch from an

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Which animals go through a metamorphosis?

(choose more than one)

• insects

• butterflies

• amphibians

• frogs

What is the stage when an insect has just hatched?

• metamorphosis

• egg

• bug

• larva

What is a feature of a living thing?

Answer explanation

An example of a trait for a dog is the shape of its ear. Another trait is the color of its fur. A trait for a poodle is curly hair. A trait for a German Shepherd is a pointed ear. A trait for a Labrador is a floppy ear.

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Heredity is

• a lot of money

• a bunch of cows

• rabbits

• the passing on of traits from parent to young

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A trait that comes from parents is called an

• potato trait

• inherited trait

• parent trait

• learned trait

Answer explanation

Inherited traits are passed from parents to offspring. Most organisms inherit traits from both parents. Offspring can have one inherited trait from one parent and a different inherited trait from the other.

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What is a learned trait? (choose 2 answers)

• skills that are learned over time

• a trait that is not inherited

• Halloween candy

• a lunch tray

Answer explanation

Knowing how to swim is a learned trait. If a parent can swim, their offspring can't swim unless they learn how.

Offspring means (chose two answers)

• a season

• an organism's young

• someone's babies

• a pogo stick

Answer explanation

Parents have offspring. These are their babies. The offspring are still called offspring after they are grown up.

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Why do animals migrate?

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