Traits

A dog rolls over and receives a treat. The dog rolls over again. This is an example of...

• learned behavior

• adaptive behavior

• inherited behavior

• instinctive behavior

Which best explains why a child may look like his father, but is not able to play basketball as well as him?

• Physical characteristics are inherited, but the ability to shoot a basketball is not.

• The ability to shoot a basketball is inherited, but physical characteristics are not.

• The child chooses to look like his father, but he does not choose to play basketball.

• He hates playing basketball so he doesn't care if his dad can play.

Which of the following is an inherited trait?

• Tara's red hair

• Ryan's grades in school

• Betty's dancing skills

• Susan's excellent Spanish speaking skills

All of the following are likenesses that are inherited from parent to offspring EXCEPT:

• table manners

• eye color

• shape of nose

• freckles

Fox squirrels live in the trees of city parks in Texas. Each spring they build nests of twigs and leaves in the tops of trees. They are also often found near park benches, waiting to be fed by visitors.

For fox squirrels, which of these is a learned behavior?

• Having brown fur

• Taking food from people

• Having a long bushy tail

• Having sharp claws

A bear, hunts for salmon along a river, learns the best place to catch fish and will fight to keep other bears away from his favorite spot. This would be considered a...

• learned behavior

• instinct

A bear learning how to catch salmon swimming upstream is a learned behavior because it is taught by other bears. However, a bear finding food in a garbage can is learned by interacting with his/her _______________?

• spiritual self

• environment

Even plants have traits that are just like their parents such as color, leaf shape and number of petals. Would these traits be considered adaptive, acquired or inherited? **Make sure you spell it correctly or else it will count it wrong!

Name two learned behaviors of birds that you learned about in the videos or articles you read and watched...

Birds building their nest is a learned behavior.

• True

• False