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WorksheetsLS.5.3.2 (5.L.3.2) #2: Schoolnet
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 50mins
Julia has long brown hair but her brother, mother, and father have short
brown hair. Why is her hair different than the rest of her family?
Hair color is not inherited.
Length of hair is not inherited.
She can only wear her hair long.
She inherited her long hair from her aunt.
Jacob loves sports, is a high-achieving math student, has freckles, and a
sense of humor. Which is an inherited characteristic?
freckles
math ability
loves sports
sense of humor
Which characteristic did Jazmin learn from her parents?
her ability to roll her tongue
her attached earlobes
her ability to cook
her eye color
Which inherited characteristic will most likely protect a white snow rabbit
from its predators?
fur color
pink eyes
a long tail
liking to eat seeds
Sam is tall, enjoys playing baseball, loves vegetables, and runs track.
Which characteristic is inherited from his parents?
speed
height
running track
taste for vegetables
Kimberly has attached earlobes and freckles. If Kimberly’s mother has
detached earlobes and no freckles, which is most likely true about
Kimberly’s father?
He has detached earlobes and no freckles.
He has attached earlobes and no freckles.
He has detached earlobes and freckles.
He has attached earlobes and freckles.
Why do children often look like their parents?
because they eat the same foods as their parents
because they inherit some traits from both their parents
because they grow up in the same environment as their parents
because boys inherit traits from their fathers, while girls inherit traits
from their mothers
Gayle and her mother share many similarities. They are both athletic,
musically talented, enjoy reading, have long hair, and have blue eyes.
Which characteristic is inherited?
athletic
blue eyes
long hair
musically talented
Jill and Mary are sisters. Jill has brown hair, blue eyes, and enjoys
dancing. Mary has blond hair, blue eyes, and enjoys singing. Why do Jill
and Mary have differences in their appearance?
Both Jill and Mary only inherited characteristics from each other.
Jill and Mary inherited some characteristics from their mother and some from their father.
Jill inherited all her characteristics from their father, and Mary inherited all her characteristics from their mother.
Jill inherited all her characteristics from their mother, and Mary inherited all her characteristics from their father.
Which is an example of a learned characteristic?
being five feet tall
having brown eyes
being able to draw well
having detached ear lobes
