Behavior or Trait

The following are all examples of instincts except:

• Blinking
• Breathing
• Talking
• Swallowing

A baby crying because he is hungry is an example of what?

• A learned behavior

• An instinct

• A learned behavior

Having dark hair like dad 

• learned behavior
• inherited trait 

Which is an example of a learned behavior?

• Blue eyes

• Having freckles

• Speaking English

Which is an example of an inherited trait? 

• Reading
• Speaking Spanish
• Having stripes
• Throwing a baseball 

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Some likenesses between parents and offspring are learned. Which of the following is a learned behavior in dogs?

• eating
• running
• barking
• shaking hands 

Which of the following is an instinct?

• riding a bike

• building a nest

• a dog sitting when he is told, SIT!

• skating on rollerblades

Which is an example of a learned behavior?

• blinking
• riding a bike
• swallowing
• crying

What is an inherited trait?

• A scar

• Characteristics passed from parents to offspring.

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Instinct inherited trait or learned behavior? Curly hair

• Instinct

• Inherited trait

• Learned behavior

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