True or False?
Offspring are identical to one of their parents.
false
Characteristics passed from parents to their offspring.
Inherited Trait
What is NOT an example of an inherited TRAIT?
eye color
tongue rolling
height
speaking a language
speaking a language
Genes are a set of instructions in the cells in your body that determine:
what you say.
what you wear.
who and what you are.
All of the above.
who and what you are
Which characteristic would most likely be inherited by a baby?
brown hair
crying a lot
ability to jump high
his ability to talk
Brown Hair
If one parent has blue eyes and one parent has green eyes, the offspring will definitely have blue eyes.
False
A behavior that is developed by observing others or by being taught is a
Learned Behavior
Which of these is not an inherited trait or instinct?
a bird building a nest
a turtle burying its eggs
a bear hibernating in winter
a horse pulling a plow
a horse pulling a plow
Which of the following are contained in genes?
Your blood.
Your cells.
What you will look like.
All of the above.
What you will look like
Which best explains why a child may look like his father, but is not able to play basketball as well as him?
Physical characteristics are inherited, but the ability to shoot a basketball is not.
The ability to shoot a basketball is inherited, but physical characteristics are not.
The child chooses to look like his father, but he does not choose to play basketball.
He hates playing basketball so he doesn't care if his dad can play.
Physical characteristics are inherited, but the ability to shoot a basketball is not.
Which statement is true?
Behaviors are never inherited.
Behaviors are always inherited.
Inherited traits are controlled by genes.
Inherited traits are not passed on to offspring.
Inherited traits are controlled by genes.
The passing down of traits from parent to offspring?
1.heredity
2.environmental traits
3.recessive trait
4.punnett square
Heredity
Instinct, inherited trait, or learned behavior?
Bears go into hibernation.
Instinct
Where are genes located?
Cells
Chromosomes
DNA
All of the above
Chromosomes
_________ is known as the product of parents
Infant
Toddler
Offspring
Adolescent
Genes determine many of the characteristics or traits of an organism.
true
What is an instinct?
A natural behavior that an organism inherits.
The following are inherited traits of humans EXCEPT...
long hair
blue eyes
long eyelashes
small dimples
Long Hair
_______ is the study of heredity; the study of the passing on of inherited traits from parents to offspring.
Biology
Chemistry
Genetics
Zoology
Genetics
Which is a trait that people are born with?
The dislike of certain foods
The ability to play the piano
The ability to roll your tongue
The ability to speak a foreign language
The ability to roll your tongue
Each of your parents has two copies of each of their genes, and each parent passes along just one copy to make up the genes you have.
True
Adaptation?
a long term change enabling a species to survive
Instinct, inherited trait, or learned behavior?
A rabbit digs a burrow.
instinct
Genes provide information in order to make an organism.
TRUE
FALSE
True
Gregor Mendel was a scientist that studied the inherited traits in pea plants.
Which of these could have been one of the observations about inherited traits that he recorded?
The plants with purple flowers grew in the shade.
The plants with yellow pods received more water.
The plants with shriveled ppods were growing in sandy soil.
The plants with green seeds came from parents with green seeds.
The plants with green seeds came from parents with green seeds.