Inherited Traits and Learned Behaviors Teaching Slides

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Multiple Choice

T - tall and t = short
In the punnett square below, what belongs in the missing square

• tt
• Tt
• Bb
• TT

Multiple Choice

B = brown fur  b = white fur
In the punnett square, what is the probability for white fur? 

• 0%
• 25%
• 50%
• 75%

Multiple Choice

What is the probability of heterozygous offspring?

• 25%
• 50%
• 0%
• 100%

Multiple Choice

What allele combination should go in the missing box?

• AA
• Aa
• aa
• none of these

Multiple Choice

Which of the following alleles is purebred recessive?

• Tt

• tt

• TT

Multiple Choice

Which of the following genotypes is homozygous dominant?

• aa

• Aa

• AA

Multiple Choice

What are physical characteristics of an organism?

• Alleles

• Genotypes

• Genes

• Traits

Multiple Choice

In a Punnett square, a lower case letter stands for a ____________ allele.

• dominant

• recessive

• homozygous

• heterozygous

Multiple Choice

Bb is a ______.

• genotype

• phenotype

Multiple Choice

How many chromosomes are in a normal human body cell?

• 23
• 46
• 92

Multiple Choice

How many chromosomes are in a human egg cell and passed down from a mother to her child?

• 23
• 46
• 92

Open Ended

What are some physical traits you inherited from your mother or father? Give an example of the trait and include who you inherited it from!

Multiple Choice

What is the X structure shown at label "A"?

• Chromosome

• Sister Chromatids

• Centromere

• DNA

Multiple Choice

What is the genetic information inside a cell that passes from parents to offspring?

• Carbohydrates

• DNA

• Protein

• Lipids (Fats)

Multiple Choice

What is the shape of DNA called?

• Triple Helix

• Single Stranded

• Double Helix

• Double jointed

Multiple Choice

In DNA, what base pairs with Adenine (A) on the other strand?

• Cytosine (C)

• Thymine (T)

• Guanine (G)

• Adenine (A)

Multiple Choice

In DNA, what base pairs with guanine (G) on the other strand?

• Cytosine (C)

• Thymine (T)

• Guanine (G)

• Adenine (A)

Multiple Choice

Given the DNA strand:

TTA CGG

What would be the matching or complementary strand on the other side?

• TTA CGG

• AAT GCC

• TTA GCC

• AAT CCC

Open Ended

Why might a person's skin color be considered an inherited trait and an acquired trait?

Multiple Choice

Tendency to becoming bald as you age.

• Inherited

• Acquired

Multiple Choice

A goldfish that swims up to the top of the bowl when a hand appears

• Inherited Trait

• Acquired Trait

Multiple Choice

Coordination

• Inherited

• Acquired

Multiple Choice

Having naturally dark hair

• acquired trait

• inherited trait

Multiple Choice

A dog doing a trick.

• instinct/inherited

• acquired

Multiple Choice

A dog fetching

• inherited

• acquired

Multiple Choice

A girl with freckles on her face

• Inherited

• Acquired

Multiple Choice

The following are all examples of instincts except:

• Blinking
• Breathing
• Talking
• Swallowing

Multiple Choice

A baby crying because he is hungry is an example of what?

• A learned behavior

• An instinct

Multiple Choice

Which is an example of a learned behavior?

• Blue eyes

• Having freckles

• Speaking English

Multiple Choice

Some likenesses between parents and offspring are learned. Which of the following is a learned behavior in dogs?

• eating
• running
• barking
• shaking hands 

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an instinct?

• riding a bike

• building a nest

• a dog sitting when he is told, SIT!

• skating on rollerblades

Multiple Choice

Which is an example of a learned behavior?

• blinking
• riding a bike
• swallowing
• crying

Multiple Choice

Instinct inherited trait or learned behavior? Curly hair

• Instinct

• Inherited trait

• Learned behavior

Multiple Choice

Instinct or Learned?
Raccoons might open garbage bags left to eat leftover pizza.

• Instinct
• Learned

Multiple Choice

Instinct or Learned?
Turtles migrate to the same beach to lay eggs.

• Instinct
• Learned

Multiple Choice

When monarch butterflies migrate to Mexico for the winter it is because of__.

• instinct

• he learned

Multiple Choice

A dolphin that catches bubbles and balances a bouncy ball after a whistle is because of ___.

• learned behavior

• instinct

• inherited trait