Quiz about EOG Inherited & Acquired Traits Assessment

Question 1

Riding a bicycle

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learned behavior

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Inherited trait

Question 2

Spiders spinning webs

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Inherited Trait

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Learned behavior

Question 3

Fish swimming

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Inherited trait

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learned behavior

Question 4

Speaking English

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learned behavior

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inherited trait

Question 5

bird having feathers

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inherited trait

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learned behavior

Question 6

making a treehouse

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learned behavior

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inherited trait

Question 7

The ways an organism interacts with its environment, including other organisms.

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behavior

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acquired

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inherited

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traits

Question 8

A behavior an organism knows how to do without being taught because it is inherited directly from the organism's parents.

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instinct

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acquired

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inherited

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learned

Question 9

Discovered through interactions with the environment

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learned

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inherited

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instinct

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physical

Question 10

Visually observable

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Physical

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learned

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instinct

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inherited

Question 11

characteristics that are used to describe an organism

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traits

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learned

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physical

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acquired

Question 12

passed genetically from parents to offspring

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inherited

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acquired

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learned

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behavior

Question 13

developed after the organism is born and NOT passed to offspring by parents

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acquired

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behavior

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physical

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traits

Question 14

What statement best describes the relationship between inherited and acquired traits?

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Inherited traits come from genes and acquired traits are developed through interactions with the environment.

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Inherited and acquired traits both come from genes.

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Inherited and acquired traits are both present at birth.

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Acquired traits come from genes and inherited traits are learned through the environment.

Question 15

Ducks live near ponds and lakes. The shape of a duck's foot helps it swim and walk on muddy ground. Which factor is most important in determining the shape of a baby duck's foot?

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the shape of the parent ducks' feet

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the temperature of the pond water

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the amount of mud in the bottom of the pond

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the amount of rain that fell before the duck was born

Question 16

Sometimes seeds from plants that produce red raspberries will grow into plants that produce yellow raspberries. When two yellow raspberry plants reproduce with each other, the resulting seeds grow into plants that produce yellow raspberries. Which of the following best describes how raspberries get their color?

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Raspberry color is an inherited trait that varies among raspberry plants.

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Raspberry color is controlled by the amount of sunlight that raspberry plants receive.

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Raspberry color is controlled by the amount of sugar that raspberry plants produce.

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Raspberry color is an inherited trait that changes when raspberry plants have a disease.

Question 17

A group of students observe some sea stars (also known as starfish) while on a field trip. Most of the sea stars have five arms, but two of the sea stars each have an arm that is much shorter than their other arms. A park ranger tells the students that the shorter arms were once missing because they were probably eaten by a fish or a crab, but the arms have started to grow back. Which of the following best describes how sea stars are able to regrow their arms?

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Sea stars inherit the ability to regrow their arms.

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Sea stars learn how to regrow their arms.

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Sea stars eat food that causes their arms to regrow.

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Sea stars move to warmer water that causes their arms to regrow.

Question 18

A moth has markings on its wings that look like owl eyes. When the moth leaves its cocoon, it will often land on a tree and display these markings. Which statement best explains the moth's behavior?

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it is an inherited behavior to scare away predators.

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It is a learned behavior to capture prey.

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It is a learned behavior to scare away predators.

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It is an inherited behavior to capture prey.

Question 19

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

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instinct

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hibernation

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camouflage

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learned behavior

Question 20

Two students listed some traits of their favorite football player: youngest of 4 children, brown hair, brown eyes, taller than the other teammates, good at throwing & catching a football.

Which question would help the students determine which trait on the list is an acquired physical trait of the football player?

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Has the football player always been good at catching a football?

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How tall is the football player?

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Does the football player have any siblings?

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Why does the football player have brown eyes and hair?

Question 21

A moth has markings on its wings that look like owl eyes. When the moth leaves its cocoon, it will often land on a tree and display these markings. Which statement best explains the moth's behavior?

Accepted Answer

it is an inherited behavior to scare away predators.

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It is a learned behavior to capture prey.

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It is a learned behavior to scare away predators.

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It is an inherited behavior to capture prey.

Question 22

Discovered through interactions with the environment

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learned

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inherited

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instinct

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physical

Question 23

Looks at the pictures. Which of the pictures does NOT show an acquired trait?

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W

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X

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Y

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Z

Question 24

1. Which of the following is an inherited behavior?

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infant babies breathing as soon as they are born

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knowledge of how to play the piano

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kindergarten students sharing different toys

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birds that nest near highways not responding to traffic noise

Question 25

Jan plants several shrubs in her garden that she clips into different shapes. Which of the following is an inherited trait of the shrub?

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The leaves of the shrub are green.

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The shrub is growing near a large tree.

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The shrub is located in Jan's garden.

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The shrub is shaped like a cow.

Question 26

Which of the following characteristics would a dog have to learn because it could not be inherited from the dog's parents?

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ability to fetch a ball

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color of its fur

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color of its eyes

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length of its tail

Question 27

Which characteristic of sheep is an inherited trait?

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their brown wool

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their muddy feet

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their names

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their location in the pasture

Question 28

Which of the following is an inherited trait of the rose?

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all of these

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the presence of thorns on the rose's stem

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the shape of the rose's petals

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the color of the rose's petals

Question 29

An 11-year-old girl with green eyes and red hair plays the piano. Which of the following characteristics is an example of a learned behavior?

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Playing the piano

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Having green eyes

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Having red hair

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Being 11 years old

Question 30

Which of the following is an instinctive behavior that an animal could inherit from its parents?

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A bee flying from flower to flower to get nectar.

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A raccoon taking lids off of trash cans to find food.

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A dog barking loudly when the doorbell rings.

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A seal balancing a ball on the end of its nose.

Question 31

All of the following can be inherited by the offspring of an apple tree EXCEPT--

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broken branches.

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shape of leaves.

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type of fruit.

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flower color.

Question 32

The language you speak, how you wear your hair and what music you like to listen to are all examples of

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acquired traits

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DNA

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heredity

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inherited traits

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