Inherited and Acquired Traits

Dimples

• Physical Inherited

• Physical Acquired

• Behavioral Inherited

• Behavioral Acquired

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Ability to Speak English

• Physical Inherited

• Physical Acquired

• Behavioral Inherited

• Behavioral Acquired

Hitchhiker Thumb

• Physical Inherited

• Physical Acquired

• Behavioral Inherited

• Behavioral Acquired

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS3-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Scars

• Physical Inherited

• Physical Acquired

• Behavioral Inherited

• Behavioral Acquired

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

Good sense of smell

• Physical Inherited

• Physical Acquired

• Behavioral Inherited

• Behavioral Acquired

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Butterfly Migration

• Physical Inherited

• Physical Acquired

• Behavioral Inherited

• Behavioral Acquired

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NGSS.HS-LS2-8

NGSS.HS-LS4-2

NGSS.HS-LS4-4

Nest Building

• Physical Inherited

• Physical Acquired

• Behavioral Inherited

• Behavioral Acquired

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-4

Adaptations (choose two):

• Help organisms survive and reproduce

• Can be acquired (learned)

• Can be physical or behavioral

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Someone tried to break into your house. In order to survive, you hopped on your bicycle and rode away. This is an example of:

• An acquired trait

• An inherited trait

• An adaptation

• A physical trait

Someone throws a rock and it's headed for my face. In order to survive, I quickly duck without thinking about it. This is an example of (choose 2):

• An acquired behavior

• An inherited behavior

• A behavioral adaptation

• A physical adaptation

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8