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Inheritance and Traits Unit Review

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Offspring may ------ different instructions from the same set of parents resulting in them having different traits.

a)

variation

b)

inherit

c)

organism

d)

speciies

2.

Organisms in a ------ have many similar traits, but for each trait, there can be -----, or differences.

a)

variation, species

b)

species, inherit

c)

species, variation

d)

inherit, species

3.

Traits are the result of

a)

Inheritance from the environment

b)

Inheritance from parents

c)

Both inheritance from parents and environment

4.

How do offspring get their traits?

a)

They inherit a set of instructions from each parent for each trait.

b)

They get whatever trait the mother has for each trait.

c)

They vote on which traits they can have.

d)

Traits are completely random and nobody knows where they come from.

5.

Something that can be observed about an organism such as color or size is...

a)

Variation

b)

Offspring

c)

Inherit

d)

Traits

6.

Having many of the same traits can mean that organisms are...

a)

Completely different

b)

More closely related

c)

Not related to one another

7.

What does inherit mean?

a)

To get something passed down.

b)

A difference in traits.

c)

Patterns in a species

8.

What does trait mean?

a)

To observe something.

b)

An observable characteristic like fur color or size.

c)

Names of offspring

9.

A group of organisms closely related to each other..

a)

Variation

b)

Trait

c)

Organism

d)

Species

10.

Instructions for making a living thing that are in cells and passed from parent to offspring

a)

Environment

b)

Genes

c)

Inherit

d)

Organism

11.

An observable characteristic (fur color, eye color, ear shape)

a)

Trait

b)

Variation

c)

Offspring

d)

Genes

12.

All living and nonliving things in an area..

a)

Offspring

b)

Species

c)

Environment

13.

Living things that come from parents..

a)

Trait

b)

Organisms

c)

Offspring

14.

To get something that is passed down..

a)

Genes

b)

Inherit

c)

Variation

d)

Offspring

15.

Differences among organisms...

a)

Species

b)

Environment

c)

Genes

d)

Variation