Heredity and Traits Lesson

Animals often share similar physical characteristics with their parents.

• TRUE

• FALSE

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

The physical traits of the offspring are inherited and identical to its parents.

• TRUE

• FALSE

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

Height is a physical trait that can vary from parent to offspring

• TRUE

• FALSE

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Animal breeders choose animals by specific traits when deciding which animals to breed

• TRUE

• FALSE

Your earlobes can be either, attached at the base, or detached and hanging down. This is something offspring get from their parents. This is an example of...

• An inherited behavior (instinct)

• A learned behavior

• An inherited trait

• An acquired trait

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Two children from the same parents have different eye colors. One child has blue eyes, and the other has brown eyes. Each child has a different eye color because each inherited ​ (a)   .

• a different number of genes

• a different number of chromosomes

• chromosomes that produce different types of fat

• genes that cause different proteins to be produced

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Match the following

• A learned trait and is not genetically passed down to offspring.

• Heredity

• The transfer of traits from one generation to another generation.

• Acquired Traits

• Contains the specific instructions that make each type of living creature unique.

• Genes

• A characteristic or features of one organism that are passed from parent to offspring.

• DNA

• A stretch of DNA with instructions for one trait.

• Inherited Traits

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Which of the following is an example of a variation in physical traits among offspring

• all lions have sharp teeth

• tigers have different stripe patterns

• dolphins hunt fish in different ways

• a grizzly bear and a black bear have different sized paws

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Two pea plants with purple flowers _________________.

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• cannot have offspring with white flowers

• cannot have offspring

• might have some offspring with white flowers and some with purple flowers

• can only have offspring with purple flowers

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

Two parents each have a dominant trait and a recessive trait present. Is it possible for their offspring to show only the recessive trait?

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2