SURVIVAL OF ORGANISMS

What is an acquired trait?

• Something cool
• Something you are born with
• Something you learn how to do from your environment

Which of the following is an acquired trait?

• Getting a tattoo
• Learning to ride a bike
• A bird learning to get food from the bird feeder in your backyard
• All of the above

What is an inherited trait?

• A trait you are born with and comes from your parents
• Something you learn how to do
• Something you just know

Polar bears have blubber to keep them warm. What kind of trait is this?

• Acquired
• Inherited
• optional

Which of the following are examples of inherited traits? 

• Green eyes
• Dimples
• Blonde hair
• All of the above

A body part, body covering, or behavior an animal has that helps it survive in its environment is known as an ____________

• adaptation
• trait
• characteristic

What is an instinct?

• A behavior an animal is born with and does not have to learn
• Understanding how to live
• Surviving

Which one is an instinct?

• Learning to ride a bike
• Learning to hunt
• A spider spinning a web

Which is an example of a learned behavior (acquired trait) that helps an animal survive in its environment?

• A duck that has white feathers.
• 
  A bird eating from the bird feeder on your front porch.
• 
  A skunk that sprays a predator with its scent to escape danger.

A scientist tried to breed dogs without tails by cutting off their parents tails and then breeding them. The offspring still had tails, though. Why didn't it work?

• Because tails can't be cut off.
• Because acquired traits like cutting a tail off a parent dog can't be inherited by offspring
• Because tails are acquired