Genetics 5.L.3.2 EOG Contest

Which action is a learned characteristic of a newborn horse?

• nursing

• walking

• sleeping

• breathing

Mary’s mom, dad, and sister have brown eyes. Mary has hazel eyes, unlike the rest of her family. Who could Mary have gotten her eye color from?

• her aunts

• her uncles

• her grandparents

Charlie and Amy are expecting a baby. Which is an inherited characteristic that Charlie and Amy’s baby may have?

• The baby may be tall, like Charlie.

• The baby may like to dance, like Amy.

• The baby may have short hair, like Charlie.

Which inherited trait will most likelyprotect an iguana from a predator?

• camouflage skin color

• length of tongue

• eye color

Which best explains why a child may look like his father but is not able to play basketball as well as him?

• Physical characteristics are inherited, but the ability to shoot a basketball is not.

• The ability to shoot a basketball is inherited, but physical characteristics are not.

• The child chooses to look like his father, but he does not choose to play basketball.