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Worksheets5.L.3.1
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 1hrs 19mins
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Class
Date
1.
Bob is a tall, slender young man with red hair and blue eyes. Which couple would most likely be Bob’s parents?
a)
a slender, red-haired father and a tall, blue-eyed mother
b)
a tall green-eyed father with long brown hair and a short, brown- haired mother
c)
a short, green-eyed, black-haired father and a tall, brown haired, brown-eyed mother
d)
a short, plump brown-haired father with freckles and a short, blue- eyed red-haired mother
2.
Which is true about parents and their offspring?
a)
Characteristics are passed from parents to offspring, resulting in the offspring being identical to the parents.
b)
Characteristics are passed from parents to offspring, resulting in parents teaching offspring how to look and act.
c)
Most characteristics are chosen by the offspring and not passed from parent to offspring.
d)
Some characteristics are learned and not passed from parent to offspring.
3.
A deer inherits some of its features from its parents. Other features come from its environment. Which feature would a deer most likely inherit from its parents?
a)
a long scar
b)
brown eyes
c)
missing teeth
d)
a broken antler
4.
Which best explains why the offspring of giraffes generally look similar to their parents?
a)
Giraffe parents teach their offspring to look like them.
b)
Giraffe parents pass on characteristics to their offspring.
c)
Offspring mimic their parents’ appearances and actions.
d)
All giraffes look the same.
5.
Which is characteristic of heredity?
a)
behaviors taught to parents by offspring
b)
behaviors taught to offspring by parents
c)
passing of physical characteristics from parents to offspring
d)
passing of physical characteristics from offspring to parents
6.
The carrier of genetic information
a)
DNA
b)
RNA
c)
phenotype
d)
nucleus
7.
A characteristic that an organism can pass on to its offspring
a)
heredity
b)
punnett square
c)
trait
d)
phenotype
8.
the study of heredity
a)
hair studies
b)
genetics
c)
heredetics
d)
biology
9.
A set of traits an organism receives from its parents
a)
heredity
b)
DNA
c)
chromosome
d)
allele
10.
________ traits, which include features and behaviors (like instincts), are those passed from parent to
a)
learned
b)
inherited
c)
structured
d)
controlled
11.
In plants and animals, offspring show many traits of their ____________.
a)
parents
b)
niche
c)
community
d)
prey
12.
Which trait is not inherited?
a)
eye color
b)
height
c)
blood type
d)
language
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