Heredity

Spiders spin web by instinct. Which statement best describes the behavior of spiders?

• The spider learns how to spin a web from its mother.

• The spider can spin a web only after practicing how to do it.

• The spider learns how to spin its web by watching other spiders.

• The spider knows how to spin the web the first time the spider does it.

Which of the following explains why

some animals hibernate?

• Hibernating is a response to changes in the environment.

• Animals hibernate as a defense against predators.

• Hibernating is an inherited physical adaptation.

• Most animals hibernate to avoid the summer’s heat.

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Arctic Hares are brown in the summer and white in the winter. Which of these is most likely the

cause of this color change?

• a new learned behavior

• the quality of the food the hare eats

• the amount of sunlight

• changes in the environment

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At an aquarium a dolphin swims through the water, jumps into the air, and takes food out of a

trainer’s hand. What kind of behavior does the dolphin demonstrate at the aquarium show?

• learned only

• hereditary only

• both learned and inherited

• neither learned or inherited

You are studying different types of flowering plants for a class project. What is an actual observation you can make about plants?

• That the flowers have funny shapes.

• Most people would like the smell of the flowers.

• The number of flowers each plant has.

• That the pink flower is prettier then the purple flower.

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Your teacher asked what you did today and you said that you rode a bike to school, spoke Spanish with a friend, jumped when the fire alarm sounded, and finished science and math homework. What did you do that was instinctive behavior?

• Spoke Spanish

• Rode a bike

• Completed math and science homework

• jumped at the sound of the fire alarm

Which is a characteristic that you probably did not inherit from your parents?

• color of hair

• size of feet

• length of hair

• shape of ears

Which is not a learned behavior of an animal?

• A rattlesnake using it's rattle to scare away a predator.

• A dog skateboarding.

• A dolphin jumping out of the water through a hoop.

• A lion hunting a zebra.

If one plant was grown in the dark and one was grown in the light, what can you conclude about the growth and features of the plants?

• The environments determine the growth and all features.

• The environments can affect the growth and some features.

• The environments determine the growth but not the features.

• The environments play no role in the growth and features.

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Parents pass on traits to their children. What are traits?

• genes

• instincts

• learned behavior

• physical features

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