INSPIRE SCIENCE_GRADE 3_UNIT 2_WORKSHEET

Module Plants Unit 2_Lesson 2

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1. What is a trait?
A. A trait is a flower.
B. A trait is a feature.
C. A trait is an organism.
D. A trait is a train.

2. What helps organisms survive?

A. Adaptations B. Magnets
C. Attraction D. Flowers

3. What are traits that come from parents?

A. They are parental traits.
B. They are family traits.
C. They are inherited traits.
D. They are passed traits.

4. What is heredity?
A. It is the passing on of traits from offspring to parents.
B. It is the passing on of traits from parents to offspring.
C. It is the passing on of traits between siblings.
D. It is the passing on of traits from one parent to the other parent.

5. What is variation?
A. Being the same B. All the differences
C. Having many D. Not using enough

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6. Incan farmers cross-pollinated what kind of plant?

A. Potato B. Corn
C. Wheat D. Pea

7. How many varieties of potato did the Incas have by the time the Spanish arrived?
A. Thirty
B. Three hundred
C. Three thousand
D. Thirty thousand

8. What is the study of how living things inherit their traits?

A. Genetics B. Botany
C. Chemistry D. Grammar

9. Which plant did Gregor Mendel use for his experiments?

A. He used potato plants.
B. He used pea plants.
C. He used corn plants.
D. He used wheat plants.

10. How many plants from the second generation had white flowers?
A. One B. Two
C. Three D. Four

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