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End of Unit 5 - Life cycles and Traits

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A Cardinal has red feathers. Its baby has red feathers. This is an example of:

a)

the environment

b)

an inherited trait

c)

a learned behavior

d)

a life cycle

2.

A mother hawk teaches its baby to hunt. This is an example of:

a)

the environment

b)

an inherited trait

c)

a learned behavior

d)

a life cycle

3.

Which are examples of inherited traits? (select all that apply)

a)

Eye Color

b)

Hair Color

c)

Height

d)

Picky Eating

4.

Which are examples of learned behaviors? (select all that apply)

a)

freckles

b)

riding a bicycle

c)

playing an instrument

d)

cooking a meal

5.

All organisms have a life cycle.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

What does metamorphosis mean?

a)

To change or transform

b)

A fully grown plant or animal

c)

To shed an outer skeleton or skin

d)

I have no idea!

7.

Which animals do not undergo metamorphosis during its life cycle? Select ALL that apply.

a)

Cat

b)

Frog

c)

Snake

d)

Beetle

8.

In many ways, young animals are a lot like _______

a)

Their mother

b)

Both their mother and father

c)

Their father

9.

What does variation mean?

a)

Means that you got it from your parents or ancestors.

b)

When an organism makes more organisms of the same kind as the parent.

c)

When organisms are different from their parents or ancestors.

d)

The effect that the environment has on inherited traits.

10.

New organism that comes from parents is called...

a)

offspring

b)

trait

c)

heredity

11.

characteristic or property of an organism

a)

offspring

b)

heredity

c)

trait

12.

Why some siblings look different

a)

different parents

b)

not twins

c)

one may have more traits from one parent than the other

13.

Which of the following is a physical trait that describes the alligator?

a)

scales

b)

swims

c)

eats fish

d)

likes to sleep in the sun

14.

Traits are passed from ___ to offspring.

a)

parents

b)

children

c)

variation

d)

data

15.

A baby panda is pink. What will it most likely look like when it grows up?

a)

Black and white, like its parents.

b)

Green, like the bamboo it will eat as an adult.

c)

Pink, like it is as a baby.

d)

Grey, due to an inherited trait from its parents.

16.

Which of the following life cycle stages is unique to mammals?

a)

adult, or fully mature

b)

inside of an egg in a hard shell

c)

baby, because young mammals look very different from their parents

d)

developing inside the mother's body

17.

What do reptiles, birds, and fish all have in common?

a)

they go through metamorphosis

b)

their life cycle begins with an egg

c)

offspring develop inside the mother's body

d)

they can take care of themselves when they are born

18.

Which of the four plants might have developed from this young plant?

a)
b)
c)
d)
19.

Compare the life cycles of lady bug and beetle. How are they the same.

a)

The lady bug has a larva state and the beetle does not.

b)

The lady bug and beetle both have a pupa stage.

c)

The lady bug adult lays the eggs but the beetle adult does not lay eggs.

d)

The lady bug hatches into a young lady bug and the beetle hatches into a larva.

20.

All organisms follow the same pattern in their life cycle:

begin life, growth, reproduction and death

a)

True

b)

False