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

Pollution can cause animals to have defects/mutations in their body.

True. Pollution can damage the DNA and affect an organism's offspring.

100

Is height an inherited trait?

Yes

100

How does a living thing acquire learned behaviors?

Through observation and 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 Behavior

200

Dolphins have to be taught how to swim.

False, it is an instinct.

200

If my parents and aunts can roll their tongue, can I roll my tongue?

Most likely!

200

Behaviors inherited from parents.

Instincts

200

Crying

Instinct (inherited behavior)

300

A behavior, or way of acting, that an organism inherits from its parents.

Instinct

300

Animals and plants are exactly like their parents.

False

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

Give 3 examples of learned behaviors

[Answers with vary]

300

Being a good reader

Learned behavior

400

Everything surrounding an organism that affects it.This includes air, water, food, and landforms.

Environment

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 a husky puppy's parents have brown and white hair, what color should the puppy be?

brown and white

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 our loved one's birthdays

D. Celebrating our loved one's birthdays

400

Body type

A combination of the environment and inherited trait

500

Something that your parents don't have, but you do.

Acquired traits

500

A person's skin color can be influenced by the environment.

True

500
Austrian monk who lived in Austria during the 1800s and discovered what inherited traits are.
Gregor Mendel
500

Are 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.

500

A spider making a web.

Instinct