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

A child of a living organism is called a sibling

False. Offspring

100
A trait that appears only if an organism has two genes for that trait. It is a weak trait.
Recessive Trait
100

How does a living thing acquire learned behaviors?

Through being taught

100
Eye Color
Inherited Trait
200

Traits that develop during the organism’s lifetime

Acquired Trait

200

Traits move from parents to their children through genes

TRUE

200
A trait that appears even if an organism has only one gene for that trait. It is a strong trait.
Dominant Trait
200

Behaviors that are taught

acquired or learned behavior

200

Language

Acquired trait

300

you are not born with these abilities 

acquired (learned) behaviors

300

An example of a physical trait is the language you speak

False. Acquired trait

300
Give 3 examples of an inherited trait
[Answers will vary]
300

Give 2 examples of learned behavioral traits

[Answers with vary]

300

Being a good reader

Acquired

400

father's have ____ chromosomes and mother's have _____ chromosomes

23     23

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

If Mom and Dad have brown hair, what will MOST LIKELY be the hair color of their offspring?

brown

400

Which of the following is a learned behavioral trait? 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: how to ride a bike

D. Celebrating our loved one's birthdays

400

Hair color

inherited trait

500

contain instructions that control the growth of a plant or animal

Genes
500

A person's skin color is an inherited trait

True

500

Two parents with blue eyes will MOST LIKELY have offspring with

blue eyes

500

An inherited trait can also be called an _____

instinct

500

How to walk in a line

Acquired or behavioral