Heredity Quiz

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
• being able to laught

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 innage behavior

Having dark hair like dad 

• learned behavior
• inherited trait 

Why is a spider spinning a web an instinctive behavior?

• It learns how to spin the web from its mother.

• It learns how to spin a web through insight learning.

• It is born knowing how to spin a web.

• It learns how to spin a web through observational learning.

Tallness in plants

• inherited
• acquired

playing the piano is a/an....

• inherited trait

• learned behavior

Having the same eye color as your parents is a/an...

• inherited trait

• learned behavior

what is defined as "the passing of characteristics from one generation to another"?

• heredity

• offspring

• trait

• organism

writing and drawing are both examples of....

• inherited traits

• learned 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.