Traits_Lessons 7-13

The beginning of an individual’s life is called ___.

• growth

• birth

• hatch day

• death

How are the above organisms’ beginning of life similar?

• All of the organisms hatch from eggs.

• All of the organisms are the same size when born.

• All of the organisms come from parents like them.

• All of the organisms have fur or hair.

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What is different about the birth of the individual species? Choose two answers

• Whales are born, birds hatch from eggs, and tomatoes start from seeds.

• Whales are small and tiny, but birds are large when they are born.

• Some of the individuals have parents, but some don’t.

• They are all different sizes at the beginning of life.

• All animals are born the same way, but plants are not.

_________ describes how an individual gets bigger and changes over time

• Birth and death

• Short and Tall

• Gain and Change

• Growth and Development

Which of the following scenarios is an example of a trait being influenced, or changed, by growth and development? Choose two answers.

• A humpback whale is born with a tail that has two flukes.

• Frogs develop legs as they grow from tadpoles to adults

• One rabbit has brown fur and one has black fur

• A puppy has brown fur like its mother when it is born.

• A cassowary chick is mostly brown, but as an adult it has a black body and a blue neck

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Which claim about individuals’ traits can be supported by the evidence in the chart above?

• An individual’s traits can only be influenced by its parents.

• An individual’s traits cannot be changed by its environment.

• An individual’s traits can be influenced by behavior and environment.

• An individual’s traits will never change after birth.

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What evidence from the chart above supports the claim that the environment can affect  traits of an individual?

• Humpback whales all have the same feeding style.

• Radish plants stem colors change if grown in different light conditions.

• Flamingos’ legs grow taller after eating a lot of food.

• Humpback whales change color after eating krill.

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Which claim about hydrangea flowers can be made from the information in the image?

• The color of the flowers depends on how much sunlight they receive.

• The color of the flowers depends on how much water they receive.

• The color of the flowers depends on the soil they are grown in.

• The color of the flowers depends on the temperature.

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Georgia’s teacher explained that the shape of a saguaro cactus depends on the amount of water it receives. What inference can most likely be made about the pictures above?

• The cactus in Picture 1 received more water than the plant in Picture 2.

• The cactus in both pictures received the same amount of water.

• The plant in Picture 2 received less water than the plant in Picture 1.

• The plant in Picture 1 received less water than the plant in Picture 2.

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A scientist conducted an experiment to determine the effect of environment on the color of fur on a Himalayan rabbit. He shaved a patch of white fur on a rabbit’s back. He placed an ice pack on the shaved area of the rabbit. The new fur grew back black instead of white.

• The color of the fur is affected by the food the rabbit eats.

• The color of the fur is affected by the color of the mother rabbit.

• The color of the fur is affected by cold temperature.

• The color of the fur is affected by the amount of water the rabbit drinks.

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