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- 1. Multiple Choice
Jana has red hair and freckles. Her four sisters and her mother also have red hair and freckles. Jana is very shy. However, neither her sisters nor her mother is shy.
This is an example of how:
offspring must be exactly the same as their parents and each other in both appearance and behaviors.
offspring can be similar to their parents and each other in appearance but can have different behaviors.
offspring can only be similar to their parents and each other in behaviors, not in appearance.
offspring must be completely different from their parents and each other in both appearance and behaviors.
- 2. Multiple Choice
What causes offspring to look similar to their parents?
the foods they eat
the amount of water they drink
the traits they inherit
the habits they learn
- 3. Multiple Choice
How is a plant most likely to be different from its parents?
It will grow in a different place.
It will grow best in a different season.
The shape of its leaves will be different.
It will make a different kind of fruit.
- 4. Multiple Choice
A plant will look like its
parents.
environment.
seeds.
food.
- 5. Multiple Choice
Kim has freckles. Which best explains why Kim’s newborn brother will most likely also have freckles?
Kim likes freckles.
All babies have freckles.
Kim’s parents have freckles.
Kim’s mother wants the baby to have freckles.
- 6. Multiple Choice
Why does an organism look different from its parents?
The organism inherits half of its characteristics from the male parent and half from the female parent.
The organism inherits most of its characteristics from the female parent.
The organism inherits most of its characteristics from the male parent.
The organism develops its own set of characteristics after it is born.
- 7. Multiple Choice
James is a fifth grade boy with brown hair and blue eyes. Which best explains why James has brown hair?
Brown hair is an inherited characteristic in James’s family.
Brown hair is a popular hair color among fifth grade boys.
Brown is his mother’s favorite color.
Brown is his favorite color.
- 8. Multiple Choice
Which best explains why the offspring of giraffes generally look similar to their parents?
Giraffe parents teach their offspring to look like them.
Giraffe parents pass on characteristics to their offspring.
Offspring mimic their parents’ appearances and actions.
All giraffes look the same.
- 9. Multiple Choice
Which is characteristic of heredity?
behaviors taught to parents by offspring
behaviors taught to offspring by parents
passing of physical characteristics from parents to offspring
passing of physical characteristics from offspring to parents
- 10. Multiple Choice
How are similarities passed from parent to offspring?
through blood
through genes
through touch
through learning
- 11. Multiple Choice
Lucas and his sisters can roll their tongues and play the piano. His mother and his brother cannot roll their tongues nor play the piano. What can most likely be concluded about Lucas’s father?
His father can roll his tongue.
His father can play the piano.
His father can roll his tongue and play the piano.
His father cannot roll his tongue nor play the piano.
- 12. Multiple Choice
Jo is expecting a baby in three weeks. She thinks her baby will probably have brown hair. Which best explains why Edna thinks this?
Jo has brown hair.
Jo loves brown hair.
Jo’s other child has brown hair.
Jo knows all babies are born with brown hair.
- 13. Multiple Choice
How are the giraffe and her baby alike?
leg length
body shape
height
number of spots
- 14. Multiple Choice
Here is a plant. Which of these could be the plant's parent?
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