Genetics

What is a trait that people are born with?

• The ability to speak a foreign language.

• The ability to roll your tongue.

• The dislike of certain foods.

• The ability to play the piano.

Which of these is not an inherited trait or instinct?

• a bird building a nest

• a turtle burying its eggs

• a horse pulling a plow

• a bear hibernating in winter

What is not an example of an inherited trait?

• speaking a language

• height

• eye color

• tongue rolling

Instinct, inherited trait, or learned behavior?

A rabbit digs a burrow.

• Learned Behavior

• Inherited Trait

• Instinct

Which best explains why a child may look like her father, but not be able to play basketball like him?

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

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

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

• She/he hates playing basketball so he/she doesn't care if dad can play.

Here are some traits of a gymnast:

-is the youngest of 3 children

-has brown hair

-is good at tumbling and on the balance beam

Which question will help you determine which trait on the list is an acquired trait?

• Have you always been good at tumbling and on the balance beam?

• Do both of your parents have brown hair?

• How many siblings do you have?

• Are your parents short?

All of the following are traits except.

• crying in pain

• having a dream

• scratching an itch

• throwing a ball

If one parent has brown eyes and the other parent has green eyes, the offspring will definitely have green eyes.

• True

• False

What is an instinct?

• A natural behavior that an organism inherits.

• A behavior that an organism obtains from experience.

• Characteristics passed from parents to offspring.

Which animal observation can be considered an instinct?

• a dog barks when its owner tells it to speak

• a dog jumps 6 feet into the air to catch a Frisbee

• a dog sits upright and appears to beg for a treat

• a dog barks when a stranger approaches it