Traits from genes, traits from surroundings, and traits from both

Grade 7 Science Worksheet - Building Confidence

Circle the best answer.

1. 1.

   Ari grows two pea plants in the same garden bed. One has violet flowers and one has white flowers. What decides the flower color?

   • The garden bed the plants share
   • Practice, since each plant learned its color
   • The genes from the parent plants
   • The soil, which changed each plant's genes
2. 2.

   Bo learned to ride a bike by practicing all summer. Where does the skill of bike riding come from?

   • Practice, so it is not in the genes
   • Practice, which changed the rider's genes
   • Genes, so it was inherited from parents
   • Practice, so a child is born able to ride
3. 3.

   Esme taught a dog to shake paws. Will the dog's puppies be born knowing the trick?

   • Yes, practice changed the dog's genes for tricks
   • No, a learned trick is not in genes
   • Yes, because traits come from genes
   • Yes, the trick is now in the dog's genes
5. 4.

   Jun reads a trait chart for bean seedlings. What trait do the seedlings from the dark cupboard have?

   • Pale and short
   • Green and tall
   • Pale and tall
   • Green and short, like the other row
6. 5.

   Kira reads the same chart. What trait do the seedlings from the bright window have?

   Use the picture in question 4.

   • Pale and tall, like the other row
   • Pale and short
   • Green and short
   • Green and tall
7. 6.

   Noah reads the word surroundings in a trait chart. Which meaning fits?

   • Light, water, soil and things around a living thing
   • The soil under one plant and nothing else near it
   • The parts inside the cells of a living thing
   • The genes a living thing gets from its two parents
8. 7.

   Pia reads about learned traits. Which meaning goes with the words learned trait?

   • A trait written in the genes from birth
   • A skill gained by practice, like playing a song
   • A trait that a learner's own offspring are born with
   • A trait that the weather hands to a plant
9. 8.

   Ren fills in the missing trait for the second pea plant. Which trait goes in the box?

   • Violet flowers, since the sun changed the plant's genes
   • Pink flowers, since pink is between the two
   • White flowers, since the genes say white
   • Violet flowers, since the bed is the same
10. 9.

    Tala fills in the missing trait. Both pea plants have the same genes for violet flowers but grow in different beds. What goes in the box?

    • Violet flowers, since the genes say violet
    • White flowers, since the damp bed is different
    • Pale flowers, since damp beds fade the color
    • White flowers, since the damp bed changed the plant's genes
11. 10.

    Zee fills in the blank Surroundings box for the green seedlings. Which goes in the box?

    • A bright window, since light turns leaves green
    • The dark cupboard, since the seeds are the same
    • A wet paper towel, since green needs water
    • Different genes, since the looks are different