Animal Traits Test

A trait is a characteristic, or a quality , of animal or plant. Which statement is NOT true about trait?

• Traits help you tell the difference between two living things.

• Traits cannot be learned and can be inherited.

• Traits are passed down from parent to offspring.

• Traits can be influences by the environment.

Matilda is a tall, nine-year-old girl. She has peirced hears and a scar on her shoulder. She's an excellent reader and loves to play with animals. Which trait did she most likely inherit?

• her height

• her scar

• her ability to read

• her pierced ears

Which of the following traits of an individual wolf is most influenced by its environment?

• size of its feet

• eye color

• shape of its ears

• how large it grows

A group of students visited a park and collected leaves from many different trees in order to study them. They recorded their observations about the leaves.

Which of these observations does NOT describe an inhertiated trait?

• The leaves vary in shape and size.

• Some leaves have holes made by insects shewing on them.

• Some leaves are smooth on one side and rough on the other.

• The leaves vary in thickness.

The kitten in a litter look very similar to their mother and father. What is the BEST explanation for why they look similar to their parents?

• The kittens are the offspring of the mother and father cat.

• The kittens were taught to have similar traits.

• The kittens acquired their traits from the environment.

• The kittens share their traits with their brothers and sisters.

Sarah's blue eyes, a dolphin's flippers, and the length of a giraffe's neck are all inherited traits. What makes these traits inherited?

• They were passed down from parents or grandparents.

• They came only from the mother not the father.

• They were influenced by the enviroment.

• The change often throughout the life of the living thing.

Many acquired traits are learned behaviors. Which trait is NOT an example of a learned behavior.

• reading a book

• riding a bike

• solving a math problem

• breathing air

Traits can be either inherited or acquired. Which statement is NOT about both inherited and acquired traits?

• An inherited and acquired traits can be learned from parents.

• Inherited and acquired traits can be influenced by the environment.

• Inherited and acquired traits can be used to help identify a living thing

• Inherited and acquired traits can be used to describe the way living things acts.

Racoons share most of the same traits with their parents.

Which is not an explanation for why racoons would share traits with their parents?

• They inherit traits from their parents.

• They live in the same environment as their parents.

• They learn traits by observing their parents.

• They choose to look like their parents.

Every living thing has a set of characteristics. These are the things you use to identify something, like the fact that a tiger has black stripes or that a sea star has five legs. You have characteristics too, like your hair and eye color and your favorite foods and activities. Biologists call these things traits.

Which of the following is an example of a trait?

• Goldfinches are yellow with black and white wings.

• Sharks have multiple rows of teeth.

• Marco has brown eyes.

• all of the above