Inherited or Acquired?
Instinct or Learned?
Types of Traits
Vocabulary/Trait
The Basics
100
An unattached ear lobe, a rolled tongue, and a hitchhiker's thumb are all examples of these.
What are INHERITED TRAITS?
100
A behavior that is developed during the course of an animal's lifetime is a ___________ __________.
What is LEARNED or ACQUIRED BEHAVIOR?
100

A trait that is passed down from parent to offspring.

What is a INHERITED TRATE?

100

A baby or seed.

What is OFFSPRING?

100
The scientific word for a child
What is OFFSPRING?
200
A scar or pierced ears are examples of these.
What are ACQUIRED TRAITS?
200
A behavior that you do not have to learn is called this.
What is an INSTINCT?
200

A trait that is a behavior a species has at birth.

What is a INSTINCT?

200
Any living thing.

What is an ORGANISM?

200
The study of how traits are passed from parents to offspring.
What is HEREDITY?
300
An ________ __________ is a trait that an offspring receives from its parents.
What is INHERITED TRAIT?
300
Breathing, crying, and blinking are examples of these.
What are INSTINCTS?
300

A trait that is a skill due to observations.

What is a LEARNED BEHAVIOR?

300

Widow's peak

What is an inherited trait?

300

What is passed down from your mom and dad?  50% of dad and 50% of mom.

What are GENES?

400
A tattoo or dyed hair are examples of these.
What are ACQUIRED TRAITS?
400
How to crack open a nut, where to find the watering hole, and knowing how to fetch are examples of these.
What are LEARNED BEHAVIORS?
400

Spinning a web or building a nest.

What are INSTINCTS?

400

Playing the piano.

What is a learned behavior?

400
Offspring receive inherited traits from these two people.
Who are MOTHER and FATHER?
500
A flower's color, a dog's ear shape, or a person's height are examples of these.
What are INHERITED TRAITS?
500
BONUS: This occurs when an animal forms a social bond with another organism shortly after birth, or hatching. *You may use your textbook as a resource for this answer.
What is IMPRINTING?
500

A trait that happened to you.

What is a ACQUIRED TRAIT?

500

2 puppies are born in the same litter.  One is fed 2 cups of food a day and the other is fed 1 cup of food a day.  After a year, puppy A is 40 pounds and puppy B is 32 pounds.  What factor is at play?

What is ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR?

500
A new litter of rabbits has been born. One parent is white, which is a dominant trait, and the other parent is brown, which is a recessive trait. The babies are most likely this color.
What is WHITE?
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