Plant Traits

Features that make an organism unique are called ______.

• special

• offspring

• traits

• freckles

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The passing on of traits from parents to young is ______.

• heredity

• germination

• characteristic

• offspring

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A flower's red petals are an example of a(n) _______ trait.

• purchased

• inherited

A cucumber seed will grow into a ______.

• tomato plant

• cucumber plant

• sunflower

• zucchini plant

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When a seed grows into a plant it most likely will ______.

• look like its parents

• look like its siblings

• look nothing like its parents

• look like a rose bush

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Inherited traits come from

• plants

• both parents

• seeds

• one parent

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What is one way that pine trees might be different from each other?

• They might not have the same number of pine needles.

• They don't look like their parents.

• Some have a different life cycle.

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What is a variation?

• It is a feature of a living thing.

• It is the appearance of an inherited trait that makes an individual different from other members of the same family.

• It is the adaptation of a living thing.

• It is the appearance of an inherited trait that makes an individual the same as other members of the family.

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