Life Cycles & Traits

The shape of a blue jay's beak is one of its:

• environments

• offspring

• behaviors

• traits

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A pine tree has needle-shaped leaves. This means that the offspring’s leaves will most likely be:

• circular

• wide and flat

• needle-shaped

• differently colored

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Which example shows that an offspring inherits traits from its parents?

• A duckling has webbed feet like its parents.

• A cat has different fur color from its parents.

• A dandelion grows in a different place from its parents.

• An oak tree has a different number of branches than its parents. pacing

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A cat has gray fur, green eyes, knows how to chase mice for food, and was trained to sit. Which trait is a learned behavior?

• gray hair color

• green eye color

• chasing mice

• sitting when asked

Which of the following might affect a full-grown pig’s weight?

• how much exercise it gets

• how much food is available

• the genes it inherits from its parents

• All of the above

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A redwood tree’s lifespan is:

• the length of its trunk when it dies

• the amount of time it lives from birth to death

• the number of stages in its life cycle

• the changes it goes through in its lifetime

Which of the following best describes the pattern of a sunflower’s life cycle?

• Egg → Seedling → Pupa → Adult

• Seed → Seedling → Mature Plant → Flower → Seed

• Larva → Pupa → Adult

How does camouflage help an animal survive?

• Makes it faster

• Helps it grow new traits

• Helps it blend in and avoid predators

• Changes its inherited traits

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Based on observations of a frog's life cycle, in which stage does it spend the most time?

• Egg

• Tadpole

• Adult frog

• Developed tadpole

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Another name for a caterpillar is a:

• nymph

• fly

• larva

• pupa