Inheritance and Traits Ch. 1-2 Review

A wildlife biologist is a person who studies...

• landforms

• the sky

• animals or plants in the wild

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Which word means 'differences'

• variations

• organism

• trait

• species

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A _________ is a group of organisms that are closely related to each other.

• organism

• trait

• species

• variations

A _________ is something that can be observed about an organism, such as color or size.

• Species

• Organism

• Trait

• Variation

An __________ is a living thing such as a plant or animal.

• species

• organism

• trait

• variations

 True or False: Organisms that have more similarities to one another are more closely related.

• True

• False

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All organisms are related, because all organisms are made of…

• scales

• tiny cells

• fur

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Why can wolves look different even though they are all from the same species?

• Organisms in a species are different because of the water they drink.

• Organisms in a species have all the same traits and there is no variation.

• Organisms in a species have many similar traits, but for each trait there can be variations.

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An __________ is a living thing that comes from its parents.

• inherit

• genes

• reproduce

• offspring

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__________ are instructions for making a living thing that are in cells and passed from parents to offspring.

• inherit

• reproduce

• genes

• offspring