5.L.3.1 Genetics

A deer inherits some of its features from its parents. Other features come from its environment. Which feature would a deer most likely inherit from its parents? 

• a long scar
• brown eyes
• missing teeth
• a broken antler

Which best explains why the offspring of giraffes generally look similar to their parents? 

• Giraffe parents teach their offspring to look like them. 
• Giraffe parents pass on characteristics to their offspring. 
• Offspring mimic their parents’ appearances and actions. 
• All giraffes look the same. 

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Which is characteristic of heredity? 

• behaviors taught to parents by offspring 
• behaviors taught to offspring by parents
  
• passing of physical characteristics from parents to offspring 
• passing of physical characteristics from offspring to parents 

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A characteristic that an organism can pass on to its offspring

• heredity
• punnett square
• trait
• phenotype

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the study of heredity

• hair studies
• genetics
• heredetics
• biology

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 ________ traits, which include features and behaviors (like instincts), are those passed from parent to 

• learned
• inherited
• structured
• controlled

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Kara’s three sisters have black hair just like their mother. Which most likely explains why Kara has brown hair?

• Kara’s father has brown hair.

• Kara is older than her sisters.

• Kara is younger than her sisters.

• Kara's mother prefers brown hair.

Steve’s class is visiting the zoo. He observes that the stripe patterns of two zebras are very different. Which most likely explains why the zebras have different stripe patterns?

• The zebras eat different types of grass.

• The zebras are active at different times of the day.

• The zebras react to their habitat at the zoo in different ways.

• The zebras are expressing the trait for stripe pattern in different

  ways.

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Kristy and Alison are sisters, but they do not look alike. Which best explains this?

• They chose to express characteristics that are different from one another.

• Kristy inherited all her characteristics from their father and Alison inherited all her characteristics from their mother.

• They both inherited characteristics from each of their parents, but chose to express only some of the characteristics.

• They both inherited characteristics from each of their parents, but the characteristics are expressed in different ways.

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Which of these is an inherited trait?

• dimples

• long hair

• favorite color

• driving ability

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