Life Science vocabulary quiz

What are acquired traits?

• Traits that develop after birth

• Traits that are inherited from parents

• Traits that are learned from the environment

• Traits that are present at birth

What are adaptations?

• Special features of a living thing that help it survive

• Changes in the environment

• Traits passed from parents to offspring

• Behaviors learned from experience

What is a behavioral adaptation?

• Changes that affect how organisms act

• Physical changes in an organism

• Traits inherited from parents

• Responses to environmental changes

What does DNA do?

• Tells the bodies of organisms how to grow

• Determines the color of an organism

• Helps organisms find food

• Protects organisms from diseases

What does it mean when a species is extinct?

• There are no living members of the species

• The species has moved to a new habitat

• The species has changed its behavior

• The species has developed new traits

What is a fossil?

• The remains of a dead organism that have been buried

• A living organism in a new habitat

• A type of rock found in the ocean

• A plant that grows in the desert

What is a fossil record?

• All the fossils that have been found on Earth along with their relative ages

• A list of living organisms in a habitat

• A record of weather changes over time

• A collection of rocks and minerals

What is a habitat?

• A physical place where an organism lives

• A type of food an organism eats

• A behavior an organism learns

• A group of similar organisms

What is heredity?

• When parents pass along traits to offspring

• When organisms learn new behaviors

• When organisms adapt to their environment

• When organisms migrate to new areas

What are index fossils?

• Prehistoric organisms whose characteristics are used to date other fossils

• Fossils found only in the ocean

• Fossils of plants that lived millions of years ago

• Fossils that are found in volcanic rock