genetics challenge

What are personal characteristics called that have been passed on to offspring from parents, such as dimples or eye color?

• recessive traits
• genetics
• inherited traits
• gene

What is a set of instructions for an inherited trait?

• Genes
• Jeans
• Genetics
• Genesis

Which characteristic is NOT inherited?

• Hairline (straight or widow's peak)
• Spoken language (English, Spanish, etc...)
• Earlobes (attached or detached)
• Hair type (straight or curly)

If one parent has blue eyes and one parent has green eyes, the offspring will definitely have blue eyes. 

• True
• False

A behavior that an animal develops by observing other animals or by being taught.

• learned behavior
• inherited trait
• job
• function

Characteristics passed from parents to their offspring.

• behavior
• learned trait
• inherited trait
• function

Which is an example of a learned behavior?

• blinking
• riding a bike
• swallowing
• crying

What is NOT an example of an inherited TRAIT?

• eye color
• tongue rolling
• height
• speaking a language

Knowing how to read a book is an example of

• a physical trait
• an inherited behavior
• a learned behavior 
• an inherited trait

A mother dog and her puppy both have curly fur. Which best explains this?

• in dogs, curly fur is more common than straight fur
• in dogs, curly fur is an acquired trait
• the mother dog acquired curly fur and passed on that trait to her puppy
• the mother dog inherited curly fur and passed on that trait to her puppy