We're Evolving Quiz

What is an offspring?

• A word used to describe a mechanism

• A word used to describe just babies

• A word used to describe an animal's young

• A word used to describe the older animals

Fill in the blank: ________ information is carried through DNA.

• All

• Genetic

• Some

• Characteristic

True or False: A toucan's claws are small and blunt to allow it to grip.

• True

• False

What is the scientific meaning of inheritance?

• the genes that are passed on from biological parents to offspring

• things that are passed on to us when one of our relatives or friends has died

• it refers only to the passing on of eye and hair colour from a relative

• genes that are developed due to the habitat you may live in

True or False: You are only an offspring when you are a child.

• True

• False

Which of the below are inherited characteristics? Choose all that apply.

• freckles

• playing a musical instrument

• riding a bike

• skin colour

Which of the below are acquired characteristics? Choose all that apply.

• sense of humor

• dimples

• dislike of scary movies

• scars

True or False: Ash trees have broad leaves to catch plenty of sunlight.

• True

• False

What is variation?

• the cross-breading of species

• deciding which things you like out of a certain selection

• the way in which an animal has made itself different depending on its environment

• the differences in characteristics between individuals of the same species

What are the 5 basic needs to survival?

• food, light, water, shelter and warmth

• food, water, air, space and shelter

• food, shelter, air, family and possesstions

• food, water, oxygen, a roof and money