Heredity Web-Quest Fifth Grade Science Name _____________________

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Heredity Web-QuestFifth Grade ScienceName
_____________________
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Here Kitty, Kittyhttp//utahscience.oremjr.alpine
.k12.ut.us/sciber02/Elem/5th/HEREDITY/Hered2/hered
2.htm

• Draw your picture here.

1. What is a trait called that comes from an
organism's parents? ______________________________
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Specieshttp//utahscience.oremjr.alpine.k12.ut.us
/sciber02/Elem/5th/HEREDITY/Hered3/hered3.htm
a n
b o
c p
d q
e r
f s
g t
h u
i v
j w
k x
l y
m z

• 1. What is a species? ____________________________
  ______________________________________
• 2. Give an example of a species.
  __________________________________________________
  ______

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Look A Likeshttp//utahscience.oremjr.alpine.k12.
ut.us/sciber02/Elem/5th/HEREDITY/Hered4/hered4.htm
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

• 1. What are offspring? ___________________________
  ____________________________________
• 2. Where do offspring get their
  traits?___________________________________________
  ___________

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Whos Your Mother?http//utahscience.oremjr.alpin
e.k12.ut.us/sciber02/Elem/5th/HEREDITY/Hered5/here
d5.htm

• 1. Do all offspring look like their parents?
  Yes No
• 2. Give an example of an animal whose offspring
  does not look like its parent. _____________

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INSTINCT OR INSYNC!http//utahscience.oremjr.alpi
ne.k12.ut.us/sciber02/Elem/5th/HEREDITY/Hered6/her
ed6.htm
Plant Animal Bristlecone Pine
1. 1. 1.
2. 2. 2.
3. 3. 3.

• 1. What is a learned behavior? ___________________
  ______________________________________________
• 2. Give an example of a learned behavior.
  __________________________________________________
  _____
• 3. What is an instinct? __________________________
  ____________________________________________
• 4. Give an example of an instinct.
  __________________________________________________
  ___________

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WON'T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR?http//utahscience.oremj
r.alpine.k12.ut.us/sciber02/Elem/5th/HEREDITY/Here
d8/hered8.htm
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
1. What is a population?__________________________
_________________________________________
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The Same but Differenthttp//utahscience.oremjr.a
lpine.k12.ut.us/sciber02/Elem/5th/HEREDITY/Hered9/
hered9.htm
Buffalo Population Traits
Same
Different
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Survivorhttp//utahscience.oremjr.alpine.k12.ut.u
s/sciber02/Elem/5th/HEREDITY/Hered10/hered10.htm
Animal How the variation helps the species to survive.
Horse feet
Dog feet
Cat feet
Gopher feet
Beaver feet
Duck feet
Eagle feet
Califorina Gull feet
Go on to the next page
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Survivor Cont.http//utahscience.oremjr.alpine.k1
2.ut.us/sciber02/Elem/5th/HEREDITY/Hered10/hered10
.htm

• Now list 20 additional traits in living things
  that aid in their survival.

1. 2. 3. 4.
5. 6. 7. 8.
9. 10. 11. 12.
13. 14. 15. 16.
17. 18. 19. 20.
1. How can an animal's traits help it survive?
_________________________________________________
___
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Changing Addresseshttp//utahscience.oremjr.alpin
e.k12.ut.us/sciber02/Elem/5th/HEREDITY/Hered11/her
ed11.htm
Species Specific Environment How the species adapted to the environment

• Explain how an animal's survival traits are
  affected by where it lives. ______________________
  _____________
• __________________________________________________
  __________________________________________________
  
• __________________________________________________
  __________________________________________________
  
• __________________________________________________
  __________________________________________________
  
• __________________________________________________
  __________________________________________________

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CONCLUSIONhttp//utahscience.oremjr.alpine.k12.ut
.us/sciber02/Elem/5th/HEREDITY/Hered12/hered12.htm

• Your turn! Pick a plant or animal that you are
  interested in. Make a computer
• generated presentation using Powerpoint or
  Keynote about how its traits help its
• survival in its environment. Your presentation
  should be at least ten slides and should
• include the following
• Description of the traits of the plant or
  animal
• Description of the environment where the
  plant or animal lives
• Explanation of how the species traits help
  the plant or animal survive in its environment
• Two pictures (at minimum) of the species in
  its environment
• WHEN YOU ARE DONE EMAIL YOUR PRESENTATION TO MS.
  DECKER
• msdecker_at_crossroadseducation.com