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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

A white flower and a red flower will have an orange offspring

False, red

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

Behavioral traits

200

Language

Acquired trait

300

Any difference between organisms or species

variation

300

An example of a physical trait is the language you speak

False. Acquired trait

300
Give 3 examples of an inherited trait
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300

Give 2 examples of learned behavioral traits

[Answers with vary]

300

Being a good reader

Acquired

400

qualities that make living things different from one another

Traits
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

groups of animals or plants that are similar

Species

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

Are your behavioral traits in your DNA? Explain your answer.

No. Your inherited traits are passed down from your parents

500

How to walk in a line

Acquired or behavioral