WorksheetsInheritance & Survival
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 14mins
The way in which an organism responds or acts
organism
behavior
variations
species
The surrounding in which an organism lives
population
survival
environment
heredity
The passing of traits from parent to offspring
organism
learned behaviors
environment
heredity
Behavior that is inherited from the parent organism
instincts
learned behavior
population
specialized structure
Those actions and behaviors that are learned through trial and error OR are brought about by the environment
instincts
offspring
heredity
learned behavior
The stages a living organism will go through during its lifetime
population
life cycle
survival environment
The young of an organism
trait
species
offspring
parent organism
This is any living thing that can carry out its life activities on its own
trait
population
environment
organism
A producer of offspring
parent organism
offspring
heredity
inherited
The number and kind of organisms in an area
species
population
environment
organism
A scientific term for body parts
instincts
learned behaviors
survival
specialized structures
A certain group of plants or animals that can only produce offspring among themselves
variations
instincts
species
specialized structures
When something that is passed from parent to offspring
inherited
offspring
learned behaviors
species
The continuation of life
variations
population
life cycle
survival
A characteristic that determines how an organism looks, acts, or functions
trait
organism
behavior
survival
Differences in the appearance of an inherited trait among members of a species
populations
variations
environments
specialized structures
In what way will a kitten always be like its parent?
be the same color
learn the same things
have the same body structures
live in the same place
Use this chart of puppy characteristics to answer this question. Which puppies would you most expect to have parents with brown fur?
Sam & Kira
Mongo & Kira
Chewy & Yosi
Sam & Chewy
Use this chart of puppy characteristics to answer this question. Which trait would be influenced by the environment?
fur color always changes with the seasons
fur color changes as you get older
height is affected by what you eat
you can stretch to grow taller
An egg laid by a butterfly turns into a caterpillar. How can an offspring look so different from its parent?
All offspring look much different from their parents.
The caterpillar will become a butterfly.
When the caterpillar lays eggs, they will hatch into butterflies.
Butterflies are different from one another and from their parents.
How does a breeder of Cocker Spaniels make sure every puppy they raise, looks like a Cocker Spaniel?
They cross a female Cocker Spaniel with a Golden Retriever.
They dock their tails and ears as soon as they are born.
They train the puppies to act lie Cocker Spaniels.
They make sure the mother and father are both Cocker Spaniels.
What specialized structures do deer have that help them survive against predators?
warm, brown hair
large, intelligent brains
fast, running bodies
good digestive systems
If you got a kitten, fed it cat food, let it live indoors, and never taught it to hunt, it would still know how to catch a mouse. Why?
Instinctive behavior is inherited from parents.
It must have learned it from its mother and father.
Other cats in the neighborhood will teach kittens.
It can learn from humans or other pets.
