Inherited & Learned Behaviors

eye color

• inherited
• acquired

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

tongue rolling

• inherited
• acquired

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS3-1

Dog fetching

• inherited
• acquired

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NGSS.3-LS3-2

Which of these is not an inherited trait?

• a bird building a nest
• a turtle burying its eggs
• a bear hibernating in winter
• a horse pulling a plow

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NGSS.MS-LS1-4

Smelts are fish that lay their eggs in the sand on beaches. When the eggs hatch, the babies know to go to the water. This is an example of:

• inherited trait
• learned behavior
• hibernation
• camouflage

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NGSS.MS-LS1-4

What is NOT an example of an inherited TRAIT?

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

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Susan has curly, brown hair.

• inherited trait
• learned behavior

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

Characteristics passed from parents to their offspring.

• behavior
• learned trait
• inherited trait
• function

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

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

• learned behavior
• inherited trait
• job
• function

What do you call an inherited BEHAVIOR?

• inherited trait
• learned behavior
• instinct
• dominant gene