Vocabulary
True or False
Inherited Traits
Learned Behaviors
Which is it?
100
A characteristic passed from parents to their offspring.
Inherited Traits
100

A person's skin color is an inherited trait.

True

100

What is an inherited trait?

a trait that is passed down through family members?

100
How does a living thing acquire learned behaviors?
Through experience
100
Eye Color
Inherited Trait
200
A behavior that a living thing can do now that they have not always been able to do.
Learned Trait/Learned Behavior
200
Dolphins have the instinct to know how to swim as soon as they are born.
True
200
Behaviors inherited from parents.
Instincts
200

A dog playing fetch

Learned behavior


300

What is offspring?

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The child of a parent.

300

An inherited trait is when a offspring or animal inherited a specific behavior of the parent when born.

False

300
Give 3 examples of learned behaviors
[Answers with vary]
300
Being a good reader
Learned behavior
400
A behavior, or way of acting, that an organism inherits from its parents.
Instinct
400
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.
400

Name a learned behavior the lions in the picture are most likely practicing 

How to hunt

400

Which of the following is a learned behavior? A: a disability caused by a genetic defect B: babies breathing as soon as they are born C: babies reflexes as something touches their feet. D: celebrating birthdays

D. Celebrating birthdays

400

Sharing the same eye color as your parent

Inherited Trait

500

A change that causes a reaction

Stimulus

500

Sally teaches her dog to beg. 2 years later, the dog has 4 puppies. How many of the puppies are likely to be born knowing how to beg?

0

500

Where most of an organisms traits come from

Their parents

500
A spider making a web.
Instinct
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