5th Grade Heredity Review

A distinguishing quality or characteristic

• Behavior
• Offspring
• Heredity
• Trait

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Children of a parent

• Offspring
• Behavior
• Trait
• Instinct

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

The passage of traits and/or behavior from parents to offspring

• Instinct
• Heredity
• Behavior
• Learned Behavior

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

A behavior that has to be taught 

• Instinctive Behavior
• Learned Behavior

A behavior that is inherited and known how to do without help

• Instinctive Behavior
• Learned Behavior

If you are the only blonde in your family, but everyone has brown eyes, this is an example of 

• acquired traits
• inherited traits
• instinctive behavior
• nature vs nurture 

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Which is an inherited trait?

• speaking in front of a crowd
• having green eyes
• knowing math facts
• becoming and extrovert

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

NGSS.MS-LS3-1

Which is not an instinctive behavior?

• a bird building a nest
• a turtle laying eggs
• a horse pulling a sled
• a bear sleeping

Can a learned behavior be passed to offspring?

• Yes
• No

How can you predict inherited traits?

• By learning about the parents' instincts
• By teaching the parent
• By analyzing the parents' behavior
• By looking at the parents' traits