Fate of Traits Review

There are so many different varieties of dogs because…

• people chose to breed dogs with traits they wanted.

• dogs wanted to be different from each other.

• dog babies (puppies) were different from their parents.

• dogs have a lot of puppies.

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The green anoles are such good climbers because…

• they like climbing trees.

• they need to be able to climb to get food that is high up in the trees.

• they need to be able to get away from brown anoles on the ground.

• the green anoles that were poor climbers were more likely to get eaten by brown anoles, so they had fewer babies.

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Becky has light-colored skin. During the summer, sometimes her skin turns red if she stays in the sun too long. Which of these are true?

• Becky’s skin color is a trait she got from her parents.

• Becky’s skin color changed because of her experience in the summer.

• Both a and b.

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Which is NOT a reason living in groups helps animals survive?

• They keep each other warm

• They warn each other of predators

• They help each other find food

• They help each other climb trees

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Would all the kittens from those two cats look the same?

• YES

• NO

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Artificial selection is when humans choose the traits they want a living thing to have so they are passed to the offspring

• True

• False

If I want my pigeon offspring to have lots of fancy foot feathers, which pigeon should I select to have babies with my pigeon?

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Which fruit belongs in the same family as the lemon?

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Use the passage above to answer. How does living in a group help vervet monkeys survive? Choose the best answer.

• They show each other where to find food.

• They communicate in their own language.

• They warn each other of danger.

• They groom each other’s fur.

If dry weather kills many of the plants in the vervet monkeys’ habitat, how would that affect the vervet monkeys?

• They would be more likely to survive.

• They would be less likely to survive.

• There would be no change.

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