Vocabulary
True or False
Inherited Traits
Learned Behaviors
Which is it?
10
A characteristic passed from parents to their offspring.
Inherited Traits
10
Pollution can cause animals to have defects/mutations in their body. The damaged DNA cannot affect an organism's offspring?
False. Damaged DNA CAN affect an organism's offspring.
10
A trait that appears only if an organism has two genes for that trait. It is a weak trait.
Recessive Trait
10
How does a living thing acquire learned behaviors?
Through experience
10
Eye Color
Inherited Trait
15
A behavior that a living thing can do now that they have not always been able to do.
Learned Trait/Learned Behavior
15
Dolphins have the instinct to know how to swim as soon as they are born.
True
15
A trait that appears even if an organism has only one gene for that trait. It is a strong trait.
Dominant Trait
15
Behaviors inherited from parents.
Instincts
15
Crying when something is wrong
A combination of a learned behavior and inherited behavior (instinct)
20
A behavior, or way of acting, that an organism inherits from its parents.
Instinct
20
In order for a pea plant to be short, two dominant traits must be present.
False. Two RECESSIVE traits must be present because shortness is a recessive trait for pea plants.
20
Give 3 examples of an inherited trait
[Answers will vary]
20
Give 3 examples of learned behaviors
[Answers with vary]
20
Being a good reader
Learned behavior
25
Everything surrounding an organism that affects it.This includes air, water, food, and landforms.
Environmental Influences
25
Speaking English is an inherited trait.
False. You have to LEARN to speak a language. You are not born knowing how to speak a language.
25
Mom has red hair. Dad has brown hair. 1 child has red hair and 3 have brown hair. Which parent had the dominant trait?
Dad
25
Which of the following is a learned behavior? A: a disability caused by a genetic defect B: babies breathing as soon as they get out of the womb C: babies reflexes as something touches their feet. D: celebrating our loved one's birthdays
D. Celebrating our loved one's birthdays
25
Body type
A combination of the environment and inherited trait
30
It is a part of the chromosome. It contains the DNA code for an inherited trait.
Gene
30
A person's skin color is a combination of an inherited trait and a trait acquired from the environment.
True
30
Austrian monk who lived in Austria during the 1800s and discovered what inherited traits are.
Gregor Mendel
30
Are your learned behaviors in your genes? Explain your answer.
No. Your genes are passed down from your parents (inherited traits or instincts). Your learned behaviors are not passed from your parents.
30
A spider making a web.
Instinct
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