5.L.3.1 #6: Schoolnet

Which characteristic do all reptiles share?

• They swim.

• They eat worms.

• They have scaly skin.

Lyndie has blue eyes. From which family member did Lyndie most likely

inherit her blue eyes?

• her sister

• her brother

• her mother

• her cousin

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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.

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Madison is a fifth grader with brown hair and brown eyes. Which statement best explains why Madison has brown eyes?

• Madison changed her eye color to match her hair.

• Madison’s best friend has brown eyes.

• Madison’s parents have brown eyes.

• Madison likes the color brown.

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Katie observes three birds sitting on a tree branch in her yard. All three birds are red with brown on their chests. Which best explains why the three birds have similar appearances?

• The birds have similar diets.

• The birds live in the same habitat.

• The birds are sitting in the same tree.

• The birds are members of the same population.

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Which best explains why children do not look identical to their mothers?

• They inherit all of their characteristics from their fathers.

• They inherit all of their characteristics from their grandparents.

• They inherit some of their characteristics from their brothers and

  sisters.

• They inherit some of their characteristics from their mother and some

  from their father.

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Mya and James both have dark skin, black hair, brown eyes and wear

glasses, but they are not related to one another. Which best explains

how this is possible?

• Mya and James attend the same school.

• Mya and James chose to express similar characteristics.

• Mya’s and James’s parents passed on similar sets of characteristics to

  their children.

• Mya and James spend so much time together that they began to take

  on one another’s characteristics.

Timothy is a fifth grade boy with brown hair. Neither of Timothy’s parents

has brown hair. Which is the most likely reason Timothy has brown hair?

• Brown is Timothy’s favorite color.

• One of Timothy’s grandparents has brown hair.

• Timothy’s mother wanted him to have brown hair.

• Most of the boys in Timothy’s class have brown hair.

Which best explains why offspring usually look like their parents?

• Parents choose appropriate characteristics for their offspring.

• Offspring receive characteristics that have been passed down from

  their parents.

• Parents change the appearance of the offspring until they more

  closely resemble them.

• Offspring adapt to their surroundings, causing them to develop

  characteristics similar to their parents.

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Steve’s class is visiting the zoo. He observes that the stripe patterns of

two zebras are very different. Which most likely explains why the zebras

have different stripe patterns?

• The zebras eat different types of grass.

• The zebras are active at different times in the day.

• The zebras react to their habitat at the zoo in different ways.

• The zebras are expressing the trait for stripe pattern in different

  ways.

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