WorksheetsInheritance and Traits Unit Review
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Offspring may ------ different instructions from the same set of parents resulting in them having different traits.
variation
inherit
organism
speciies
Organisms in a ------ have many similar traits, but for each trait, there can be -----, or differences.
variation, species
species, inherit
species, variation
inherit, species
Traits are the result of
Inheritance from the environment
Inheritance from parents
Both inheritance from parents and environment
How do offspring get their traits?
They inherit a set of instructions from each parent for each trait.
They get whatever trait the mother has for each trait.
They vote on which traits they can have.
Traits are completely random and nobody knows where they come from.
Something that can be observed about an organism such as color or size is...
Variation
Offspring
Inherit
Traits
Having many of the same traits can mean that organisms are...
Completely different
More closely related
Not related to one another
What does inherit mean?
To get something passed down.
A difference in traits.
Patterns in a species
What does trait mean?
To observe something.
An observable characteristic like fur color or size.
Names of offspring
A group of organisms closely related to each other..
Variation
Trait
Organism
Species
Instructions for making a living thing that are in cells and passed from parent to offspring
Environment
Genes
Inherit
Organism
An observable characteristic (fur color, eye color, ear shape)
Trait
Variation
Offspring
Genes
All living and nonliving things in an area..
Offspring
Species
Environment
Living things that come from parents..
Trait
Organisms
Offspring
To get something that is passed down..
Genes
Inherit
Variation
Offspring
Differences among organisms...
Species
Environment
Genes
Variation
