From Parents to Young

Features that make an organism unique are called ____.

• traits

• acquired traits

• learned behaviors

• environmental factors

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Examples of inherited human traits -

• body weight

• eye and hair color

• sunburn

• riding a bike

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People use traits to ____ an organism.

• describe

• number

• justify

• alphabetize

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The passing on of a trait from parents to young is called ____.

• heredity

• mutation

• adaptation

• evolution

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The features that your parents passed on to you are called ____.

• inherited traits

• learned behaviors

• acquired skills

• environmental factors

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You look like your ________ because of inherited traits.

• parents

• friends

• community

• neighbors

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Most organisms have a(n) ____ of traits from both parents.

• mixture

• neither

• one or the other

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A(n) _______________ will look like the parent that passes on visible traits.

• offspring

• behavior

• acquired traits

• adaptation traits

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If a gray dog and a yellow dog have yellow puppies, yellow is a more ____ trait than gray.

• visible

• popular

• recessive

• common

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Both parents pass on traits to their young, otherwise known as ____.

• offspring

• genes

• habits

• behaviors

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