Inherited Traits vs Learned Behaviors

Which trait does a puppy inherit from its parents?

• fur color and pattern
• food brand preference
• obedience to owner's commands
• knowledge of where the treats are kept

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All of the following are learned EXCEPT:

• reading a book
• sneezing
• using a knife and fork
• avoid poison ivy

Which best completes the following analogy?
eye color : inherited trait
_________ : learned behavior

• crying
• talking
• swallowing
• breathing

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

• inherited behavior
• camouflage
• hibernation
• learned behavior

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A boy begins to read a book. 

• Instincts
• Learned Behavior
• Inherited Trait

True or False
Only humans can pass down traits.

• True
• False

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rolling your tounge

• inherited
• learned

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speaking spanish

• inherited
• learned

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The shape of the needles on a tree is 

• Learned 
• Inherited 

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Which of these is an example of learned behavior? 

• a spider making a web 
• geese migrating south for the winter 
• birds singing to each other
• a service dog helping its owner