science u2 ch2

Match the vocabulary word with the definition.

• reproduce

• all living things

• orgamisms

• to get something that is passed down

• offspring

• instructions for making living things

• inherit

• to make offspring

• genes

• living thing that comes from parents

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NGSS.MS-LS3-1

NGSS.MS-LS3-2

Offspring get inherited traits from _________.

• anyone

• birth parents

• someone they pick

• siblings

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

How will an offspring be similar to its parents?

• look like only 1 parent

• it will not be similar to its parents

• it will have a mixture of traits from both parents

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

Observe the family tree, what pattern do you notice?

• some have red fur like the mom

• all have red fur like the mom

• none have red fur like the mom

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NGSS.MS-LS3-1

Observe the family tree, what pattern do you notice?

• some have dark fur like dad

• all have dark fur like dad

• none have dark fur like dad

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NGSS.MS-LS3-1

Why do offspring of a family look different from each other?

• the don't have differences

• they got different instructions from their parents

• they have different parents

• they belong to a different family

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

Which claim is supported by the lama siblings in the picture?

• siblings look exaclty alike

• siblings only look like one of their parents

• siblings have variations in how they look

• siblings are always the same color

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Suzy and her father have brown hair. Her mom has blonde hair. Which statement is true?

• She got her brown hair from a hair cut.

• She inherited the trait from her mother.

• She inherited the trait from her father.

• She got brown hair to look like her father.

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

Which trait would not come from your parents?

• being good at dance

• having blonde hair

• being tall

• having blue eyes

Genes give your bosy instructions on the color to make your eyes.

• true

• false

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NGSS.MS-LS3-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-4