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WorksheetsEnd of Unit 5 - Life cycles and Traits
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 11mins
A Cardinal has red feathers. Its baby has red feathers. This is an example of:
the environment
an inherited trait
a learned behavior
a life cycle
A mother hawk teaches its baby to hunt. This is an example of:
the environment
an inherited trait
a learned behavior
a life cycle
Which are examples of inherited traits? (select all that apply)
Eye Color
Hair Color
Height
Picky Eating
Which are examples of learned behaviors? (select all that apply)
freckles
riding a bicycle
playing an instrument
cooking a meal
All organisms have a life cycle.
True
False
What does metamorphosis mean?
To change or transform
A fully grown plant or animal
To shed an outer skeleton or skin
I have no idea!
Which animals do not undergo metamorphosis during its life cycle? Select ALL that apply.
Cat
Frog
Snake
Beetle
In many ways, young animals are a lot like _______
Their mother
Both their mother and father
Their father
What does variation mean?
Means that you got it from your parents or ancestors.
When an organism makes more organisms of the same kind as the parent.
When organisms are different from their parents or ancestors.
The effect that the environment has on inherited traits.
New organism that comes from parents is called...
offspring
trait
heredity
characteristic or property of an organism
offspring
heredity
trait
Why some siblings look different
different parents
not twins
one may have more traits from one parent than the other
Which of the following is a physical trait that describes the alligator?
scales
swims
eats fish
likes to sleep in the sun
Traits are passed from ___ to offspring.
parents
children
variation
data
A baby panda is pink. What will it most likely look like when it grows up?
Black and white, like its parents.
Green, like the bamboo it will eat as an adult.
Pink, like it is as a baby.
Grey, due to an inherited trait from its parents.
Which of the following life cycle stages is unique to mammals?
adult, or fully mature
inside of an egg in a hard shell
baby, because young mammals look very different from their parents
developing inside the mother's body
What do reptiles, birds, and fish all have in common?
they go through metamorphosis
their life cycle begins with an egg
offspring develop inside the mother's body
they can take care of themselves when they are born
Which of the four plants might have developed from this young plant?
Compare the life cycles of lady bug and beetle. How are they the same.
The lady bug has a larva state and the beetle does not.
The lady bug and beetle both have a pupa stage.
The lady bug adult lays the eggs but the beetle adult does not lay eggs.
The lady bug hatches into a young lady bug and the beetle hatches into a larva.
All organisms follow the same pattern in their life cycle:
begin life, growth, reproduction and death
True
False
