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A dog has 5 puppies - 3 females and 1 male.  Which statement best describes the characteristics of these puppies?

• All of these puppies will look exactly like their father.
• All of these puppies will look exactly like their mother.
• The male puppies will look like their father, and the female puppies will look like their mother.
• The male and female puppies will look like both their mother and father.

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Which characteristic is inherited?

• hair color
• sleeping late
• enjoying hiking
• loving to read

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Which best describes an inherited trait?

• a characteristic one chooses to express
• a characteristic one receives from the food one eats
• a characteristic that is passed on from one's parents
• a characteristic that is influenced by one's surroundings

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Which is an example of an inherited trait?

• A person speaking Russian.
• A dog doing new tricks.
• A bird having feathers.
• A person learning to swim.

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Characteristics that are passed from parents to their offspring are called 

• behaviors
• learned traits
• inherited traits
• functions

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In animals, inherited behaviors are called

• physical traits

• recessive trait

• dominant trait

• instincts

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Which type of reproduction results in diversity because the offspring are a combination of the parents and genetically different?

• Asexual

• Sexual

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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 inherited trait? (5.10B)

• The leaves vary in shape and size.

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

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

• The colors of the leaves range from light green to dark green.

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The following are Inherited traits EXEPT......

• brown hair

• blue eyes

• Long hair

• Thick hair

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Erica has attached earlobes.

• inherited

• acquired

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