Traits and Behaviors

What is an inherited trait?

• A behavior that an organism obtains from experiences.
• Characteristics passed from parents to offspring.
• A natural behavior that an organism inherits.

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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?

• Playing the piano

• Having green eyes

• Having red hair

• Being 11 years old

Which of the following characteristics of a rabbit was most likely inherited from its parents?

• Bent whiskers

• Missing tooth

• Long ears

• Broken foot

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Which of the following describes an inherited trait?

• Bears have thick shaggy fur.

• Bears learn where the best berries grow.

• Baby bears figure out how to climb trees quickly.

• A bear is wet because he’s been catching salmon.

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

NGSS.MS-LS3-1

A rosebush has thorns. Those thorns are an inherited trait that comes from–

• the parent plants of the rosebush.

• the soil in which the rosebush grows.

• the sunlight absorbed by the rosebush.

• the climate in which the rosebush lives.

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The offspring of this cactus will most likely inherit all of the following of its characteristics EXCEPT–

• the thick trunk.

• the green color.

• the sharp spines.

• the birds nesting.

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS3-1

Tattoos

• Inherited trait

• Acquired trait

Natural hair color

• Inherited trait

• Acquired trait

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

NGSS.MS-LS3-2

Only one arm because of a car accident

• Inherited trait

• Acquired trait

Hair length

• Inherited trait

• Acquired trait