LS.5.3.2 (5.L.3.2) #2: Schoolnet

Julia has long brown hair but her brother, mother, and father have short

brown hair. Why is her hair different than the rest of her family?

• Hair color is not inherited.

• Length of hair is not inherited.

• She can only wear her hair long.

• She inherited her long hair from her aunt.

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Jacob loves sports, is a high-achieving math student, has freckles, and a

sense of humor. Which is an inherited characteristic?

• freckles

• math ability

• loves sports

• sense of humor

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Which characteristic did Jazmin learn from her parents?

• her ability to roll her tongue

• her attached earlobes

• her ability to cook

• her eye color

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Which inherited characteristic will most likely protect a white snow rabbit

from its predators?

• fur color

• pink eyes

• a long tail

• liking to eat seeds

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Sam is tall, enjoys playing baseball, loves vegetables, and runs track.

Which characteristic is inherited from his parents?

• speed

• height

• running track

• taste for vegetables

Kimberly has attached earlobes and freckles. If Kimberly’s mother has

detached earlobes and no freckles, which is most likely true about

Kimberly’s father?

• He has detached earlobes and no freckles.

• He has attached earlobes and no freckles.

• He has detached earlobes and freckles.

• He has attached earlobes and freckles.

Why do children often look like their parents?

• because they eat the same foods as their parents

• because they inherit some traits from both their parents

• because they grow up in the same environment as their parents

• because boys inherit traits from their fathers, while girls inherit traits

  from their mothers

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Gayle and her mother share many similarities. They are both athletic,

musically talented, enjoy reading, have long hair, and have blue eyes.

Which characteristic is inherited?

• athletic

• blue eyes

• long hair

• musically talented

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Jill and Mary are sisters. Jill has brown hair, blue eyes, and enjoys

dancing. Mary has blond hair, blue eyes, and enjoys singing. Why do Jill

and Mary have differences in their appearance?

• Both Jill and Mary only inherited characteristics from each other.

• Jill and Mary inherited some characteristics from their mother and some from their father.

• Jill inherited all her characteristics from their father, and Mary inherited all her characteristics from their mother.

• Jill inherited all her characteristics from their mother, and Mary inherited all her characteristics from their father.

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Which is an example of a learned characteristic?

• being five feet tall

• having brown eyes

• being able to draw well

• having detached ear lobes