Unit 2 Review

An inherited trait is...

• a characteristic you get from the environment

• a characteristic passed on from parent to offspring.

• a group of living things of the same kind

• none of these answer choices are correct

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What are genes?

• Genes are only found in plants
• Genes are a type of clothing
• Genes are a type of musical instrument
• Genes are the information telling offspring what traits to have.

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What is a variable?

• A hypothesis

• Anything that can change or be changed.

• Anything that stayed the same

• A trial

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List an example of an inherited trait

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Species pass on traits to their offspring.

• True

• False

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Eye color, nose shape, and hair color are traits that a child can inherit from a parent.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

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Which of these is an example of a trait that an animal does NOT inherit from its parents.

• Eye color

• Height (Tall/short)

• A broken horn

• Fur color

All traits that an offspring has are passed on from parents

• True

• False

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A scar, a pink flamingo, or tanned skin in the summer are examples of an environmental trait

• True

• False

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Your dog rolling over when you give it a treat is an example of a learned behavior

• True

• False