Traits and Inheritances Quiz

What is a trait?

• A characteristic of a living thing.

• How similar to your sibling you are.

• Being identical to your parents.

In what way might a puppy be like his parent?

• Be the same color

• Live in the same place

• Know the same tricks

Which is an acquired trait?

• Being taller than 6ft

• Speaking Mandarin Chinese

• Having blue eyes

What is an instinct?

• A learned behavior

• An inherited behavior

• A type of gene

Why are flamingos pink?

• Inherited trait

• Acquired Trait

• Environmental Trait

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To be an outstanding basketball player you would need:

• to inherit that trait

• to acquire that trait

• to inherit and acquire that trait

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By looking at this punnett square Which color of petal is the dominant allele?

• Purple

• White

• Neither

What is natural selection?

• Grouping living things

• The name of inherited traits

• When animals with advantageous traits survive

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Name 3 traits a plant can inherit

• Petals

• Stem size

• Color

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