Which of the following is a behavior that is learned?

• shape of a beak

• monkey riding a bicycle

• blue eyes

• snake eating mice

Some traits and behaviors are learned and some are inherited. Which of the following traits are inherited?

• Speaking Spanish
• Bird saying hello
• Cat using a litter box
• Spines on a cactus

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Which of these human traits is not inherited?

• the language a person speaks

• the color of a person's eyes

• the color of a person's hair

• the shape of a persons nose

A dog runs after a thrown stick and brings it back to its owner. What type of behavior is the dog showing?

• an instinct

• an inherited trait

• a learned behavior

• an imagined behavior

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

• instinct
• hibernation
• camouflage
• learned behavior

Raccoons living in cities have learned to open lids of garbage cans.  This is an example of an animal-

• adapting to its environment
• inheriting the ability to change its diet
• being tamed by humans
• becoming a plant eater

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Which of the following is most likely a learned behavior?

• a lizard warming itself in the heat of the sun
• a cat running to the kitchen at the sound of a can opener
• butterflies migrating from Canada to Mexico each year
• a caterpillar feeding on milkweed plant

Matt is a tall, eleven-year-old boy. He has a scar on his right cheek. He is intelligent and an excellent drummer. Which of his traits did he MOST LIKELY inherit?

• his height

• his scar on his right cheek

• his intelligence

• his ability to play the drums

Which characteristic would a child NOT inherit from one or both of its parents?

• freckles

• hair style

• eye color

• dimples

A litter of kittens have traits that are similar to both the mother and the father cat. Which

BEST explains this situation?

• the kittens are taught by their parents to have similar traits

• the kittens are kept at the same temperatures by their mother when they are first born

• the kittens are provided the same kind of milk from their mother as they grow

• the kittens inherit some of their traits from their mother and some from their father

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