Inherited Traits

Characteristics that are passed from parents to their offspring are called 

• behaviors
• learned traits
• inherited traits
• functions

What is NOT an example of an inherited TRAIT?

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

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

Which characteristic would most likely be inherited by a baby?

• brown hair
• crying a lot
• ability to jump high
• his ability to talk

Which characteristic would a child not inherit from one or both of its parents? 

• freckles
• hair style
• eye color 
• dimples

An acquired trait means _________.

• your sister gave it to you
• it is learned or happened after birth
• you are a squire for the king
• your parents gave it to you

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

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A ____________ is something that you inherit.

• parent

• trait

• child

• inherit

This is the "Father of Modern Genetics."

• Gregor Mendel

• James Watson

• Francis Crick

• Charles Darwin

Traits that hide other traits when passed on to an offspring.

• Inherited Trait

• Dominant Trait

• Recessive Trait

• Acquired Trait

what is defined as "a characteristic of an organism"?

• inherited trait

• trait

• heredity

• organism