MS LS Science

gene

• instructions for making a living thing that are in cells and passed from parents to offspring

• to use any of the five senses to gather information about something

• something that can be observed about an organism, such as color or size

• to get something that is passed down

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Why do offspring of the same parents have different traits?

• Offspring can inherit instructions from one parent and different instructions from the other parent.

• Offspring inherit the same instructions from both parents.

• Offspring only inherit instructions from one parent.

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Why do organisms stay in groups?

• in order to obtain food and meet their needs

• because they are friendly

• because they are lonely

• in order to inherit traits from their parents

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Which is true about organisms?

• All traits result from their environment.

• All traits are inherited from their parents.

• Some traits result from their environment and some traits are inherited from their parents.

• Some traits result from their environment and are not inherited from their parents.

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A wolf's fur color?

• Inherited

• Environment

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A wolf's hunting style?

• Inherited

• Environment

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How does a flamingo's get its feather color trait?

• From its environment

• Environment

Answer explanation

Some traits result from the environment. A flamingo can get its pink feather trait from the shrimp it eats that are in their environment.

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Characteristics passed from parents to their offspring.

• behavior
• learned trait
• inherited trait
• function

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A plant leaning towards the sun

• Inherited

• Environment

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Why does Wolf 44 weigh more than his parents, but less than the other Elk Mountain Pack wolves?

• Because Wolf 44 inherited a smaller weight from his parents, but has more prey to eat.

• Because Wolf 44 inherited a larger weight from his parents, but has less prey to eat.

• Because Wolf 44 inherited more prey to eat.

• Because Wolf 44 has smaller wolves in his environment.

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