A puppy receives genetic information affecting its fur pattern from its parents. What do we call a trait passed down in this way?

• A learned behavior
• An accidental injury
• An inherited trait

Which characteristic can be inherited from parents?

• Her natural hair curl, like her mother's
• Her drawing skill developed through art lessons
• The scar she got after falling from her bicycle

Every sunflower grown from the same packet of seeds will be exactly the same height.

Circle one:   True   False

Five pea plants grew from seeds collected on one parent plant. Their recorded heights are 28 cm, 31 cm, 27 cm, 33 cm and 29 cm. What do these measurements show?

• Each height difference proves the plants are unrelated.
• Related pea plants can vary in height.
• Each height difference proves the ruler was used badly.

Four sunflower heights are A: 42 cm, B: 50 cm, C: 38 cm and D: 45 cm. How many centimeters taller is the tallest plant than the shortest?

Answer: ______________

Six young rabbits share the same mother and father. Their coat colors are brown, brown, white, brown, gray and white. What does this record show?

• Coat color varies within this group of siblings.
• Every sibling in this group has exactly the same coat color.
• Coat color proves these rabbits cannot share their parents.

Six chicks from the same hen weigh 38, 41, 36, 40, 39 and 37 grams. How many chicks weigh more than 38 grams?

Answer: ______________

Mia measures two sunflowers: 40 cm and 48 cm. She says only inherited information caused the difference. What can these measurements tell her?

• The height gap proves that only inherited information affected growth.
• The height gap proves that only water and light affected growth.
• The heights differ; their causes need more evidence.