Heredity & Learning

The ability to play Fortnite is BEST described as

• Instinct

• Learned Behavior

• Environmental change

• Inherited characteristic

Which of these behaviors was learned?

• Running around the backyard

• Barking at birds

• Wagging their tail

• Fetching the paper

Which example below is a learned behavior?

• Tying your shoes

• Being surprised by a loud noise

• Blinking

• The length of your toes

Which example below is an inherited trait?

• The languages someone speaks

• Playing kickball

• Reading a book

• The shape of someone’s mouth

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Oliver is writing a report for science class about animal behavior. He wants to focus his report on animal behavior that is inherited. Which of the following would make the best topic sentence for Oliver's report?

• Only adult animals can learn different behaviors.

• Humans are the only mammals that can learn behaviors.

• Animals are born with inherited behaviors called instincts.

• An instinct is a behavior an animal has after a lot of practice.

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Animal instincts are

• Behaviors that animals learn.

• Behaviors that animals are born with.

• Behaviors that animals have after lots of practice.

• Behaviors that only reptiles have.

Which of the following is a behavior that dolphins were born with?

• Balancing humans on their nose.

• Jumping through a hula-hoop.

• Swimming in the water.

• Doing tricks at the dolphin show.

A dog's ability to ride a skateboard is an example of:

• an instinct.

• an inherited characteristic.

• a learned behavior.

• a trait passed down from its parents.

Orca whales learn to hunt by watching other orca whales. Hunting is a(n):

• learned behavior.

• inherited characteristic.

• instinct.

• trait passed down by ancestors.

Carla looks a lot like her parents. Which is a characteristic that Carla probably did not inherit from her parents?

• her height

• size of her hands

• color of her nail polish

• shape of her eyes