Heredity, Adaptation, and Extinction

___________ traits are learned.

• Cold

• Inherited

• Acquired

• Old

____________ traits are passed down from parents to offspring.

• Inherited

• Old

• Warm

• Acquired

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

What kind of material contains all the information for inherited traits?

• Genetic material

• Waste

• Water

• None of these

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

____________ provide instructions on how offspring will grow and develop.

• Jeans

• Mitochondria

• Siblings

• Genes

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

What type of adaptation is the bear's fur?

• Structural

• Behavioral

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

What kind of adaptation is wolves hunting in packs?

• Structural

• Behavioral

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NGSS.MS-LS1-4

A __________ is a difference between individuals of the same species.

• Similarity

• Variation

• Adaptation

• None of these

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Which of the following is a variation?

• Siblings both having brown eyes

• A polar bear and a rabbit both having white fur

• You having a different hair color than a classmate

• None of these

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

NGSS.MS-LS3-2

A(n) __________ is a trait that helps living things survive and reproduce.

• Adaptation

• Disadvantage

• Species

• Fossil

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

A _______________ adaptation is when an organism's physical form or body is beneficial in its survival.

• Structural

• Behavioral