Which of the following are examples of inherited traits:

red hair, brown eyes, curly hair

blue eyes, brown hair, table manners

speaking english, spanish and french

playing video games, drawing, riding a bicycle

Most young animals inherit similar appearances, such as shape and color, from their parent animals. Which best describes why a baby deer (fawn) has spots when the adult deer do not?

The spots help camouflage the fawn for protection.

The spots help a fawn to be seen when crossing roads.

The adult deer lose their spots by rubbing against trees.

The adult deer rub their spots off over time

Emily has brown hair. Which is most likely a true statement about Emily?

Emily has a parent with brown hair.

Emily’s favorite color is brown.

Emily’s older brother has brown hair.

Emily was able to pick her hair color at birth

Which statement best supports why many offspring look similar to their parents?

Offspring inherit characteristics from both parents.

Offspring inherit characteristics from one parent.

Parents choose which characteristics to pass on to their offspring.

Parents choose to change their appearance to match that of their offspring.

Which of these is not an instincts behavior?

Fish coming to the top of a tank for food

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.

Which statement BEST describes why most organisms in a species carry out life processes similarly?

Life processes that are specific to a species are passed from parents to their offspring

Life processes that are specific to a species are passed from offspring to their parents

Life processes that are specific to a species are passed from the environment to the organisms.

Which is characteristic of heredity?

passing of physical characteristics from parents to offspring

behaviors taught to parents by offspring

behaviors taught to offspring by parents

passing of physical characteristics from offspring to parents

Which is true about parents and their offspring?

Some characteristics are learned and not passed from parent to offspring

Characteristics are passed from parents to offspring, resulting in the offspring being identical to the parents

Characteristics are passed from parents to offspring, resulting in parents teaching their offspring how to look and act

Most characteristics are chosen by the offspring and not passed from parent to offspring

What is an acquired trait?

a characteristic that a living thing gets during its lifetime

a characteristic that a living thing is born with

Which is an example of a physical trait?

a squirrel gathering and saving nuts

Which is an inherited physical trait?

a boy has straight teeth from braces

An inherited physical trait is

a characteristic a living thing gets from its parents

more important than an acquired physical trait

a characteristic a living thing gets during its lifetime.

A girl's left arm is shorter than her right arm. Which is the BEST question to determine whether the girl's shorter arm is an acquired physical trait or an inherited physical trait?

Is the left arm of the girl's parents shorter than her right arm?

Does the girl have a scar on her right arm?

How can a girl acquire the trait for a shorter arm?

A student has several rose plants. The flowers on one plant are yellow. The flowers on the other plants are red. Which is the BEST question the student could ask to determine whether yellow flowers are an inherited physical trait or an acquired physical trait?

Did the plant with yellow roses have a parent with yellow roses?

Do roses reporduce from seeds or spores?

What is the difference between an inherited physical trait and an acquired physical trait

The trees these moths used to live on were white, but have been covered in soot from coal factories. Which moth will be more successful in this environment?

Both will be equally successful

Why is the mouse population changing over time?

The hawks eat more light mice than dark mice because they can see the light mice more easily

The light mice can reproduce more successfully than the dark mice

The hawks eat more dark mice than light mice because the dark mice taste better

The hawks eat more dark mice than light mice because they can see the dark mice more easily

Which best describes the role of mutations in natural selection?

A mutation may result in an adaptive trait that makes an organism more likely to survive and reproduce

Mutations help an organism to better survive in their environment

An organism may acquire a helpful mutation by interacting with the environment

Organisms with certain traits are more likely to win competitions for mutations

A mutation is defined as:

A change in the cell's structure

Anything that changes in an embryo

Any change in the physical features of a human

A pet dog often learns many new behaviors during its lifetime. All of these are behaviors it may learn EXCEPT –

barking when the doorbell rings

Chimpanzees are born with some inherited traits but learn others as they move around in their environment. Which of the following traits could a chimpanzee learn during its lifetime?

Using a stick to dig ants out of the ground

Living in large groups with other chimps

Walking quickly on both arms and legs

Sleeping at night and hunting during the day

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The following are all examples of instincts except:

Blinking

Breathing

Talking

Swallowing

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

Which is an example of a learned behavior?

Blue eyes

Having freckles

Speaking English

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

Which is an example of an inherited trait?

Reading

Speaking Spanish

Having stripes

Throwing a baseball

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 QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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 QUESTION

10 sec • 1 pt

Instinct inherited trait or learned behavior? Curly hair

Instinct

Inherited trait

Learned behavior

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is an inherited trait?

A characteristic passed from a dog to his owner

A characteristic passed from parents to their offspring.

A behavior that an organism inherits.

A trait that you learn from your teacher.

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5th Grade Learned Behavior vs, Inherited Traits Review

The following are all examples of instincts except:

Which is an example of a learned behavior?

Which is an example of an inherited trait?

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

Which of the following is an instinct?

Instinct inherited trait or learned behavior? Curly hair

What is an inherited trait?

Which of the following are examples of inherited traits:

A learned behavior is something you learn from your experiences

Lying to stay out of trouble is an instinct

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