Traits and Heredity

A Trait is:

• A Characteristic of a living thing

• How similar to your sibling you are

• Being identical to your parents

What physical characteristics can a child get from it's parent? select all that apply

• Skin color

• eye color

• hair color

• clothing style

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Which is an example of an acquired trait?

• Being tall

• Learning a new language

• having blue eyes

Why do some siblings look different?

• One may have more traits from one parent that the other

• because they are not twins

• they have different parents

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What is an instinct?

• a learned behavior

• an inherited behavior

• a type of gene

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Are the pink colors of a flamingo

• inherited traits (passed on from parents)

• acquired traits (learned)

• environmental traits

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To be an outstanding basketball player you would need to

• inherit that trait

• acquire that trait

• both inherit and acquire that trait

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Name 3 traits a plant can inherit.

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By looking at this punnett square, which color of petal is the dominant allele?

• purple

• white

• neither

What is natural selection?

• grouping living things

• the name of characteristics

• when animals with the better traits survive

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