Inherited vs Acquired Trait Vocabulary Quiz

A characteristic passed from parents to their offspring

• Inherited Trait

• Dominant Trait

• Recessive Trait

• Physical Trait

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-1

NGSS.MS-LS3-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

A trait that appears even if an organism has only one factor for the trait

• Inherited Trait

• Dominant Trait

• Recessive Trait

• Physical Trait

A trait that appears only if an organism has two factors for the trait

• Inherited Trait

• Dominant Trait

• Recessive Trait

• Physical Trait

A characteristic or feature of a person's or animal's body

• Inherited Trait

• Dominant Trait

• Recessive Trait

• Physical Trait

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-4

A behavior that an organism inherits

• learned behavior

• instinct

A behavior that an animal or human acquires through experience/environment

• Learned Behavior

• Instinct

All the living and nonliving things that surround and affect an organism

• Environment

• Organism

• Generation

• Heredity

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

A trait that is acquired through interaction with the environment and life experiences

• Acquired Trait

• Inherited Trait

• Dominant Trait

• Recessive Trait

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

I am tall, like my parents. My height is an ___ trait.

• Acquired

• Inherited

• Learned

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

My daughter speaks English, because our family speaks English at home. This is an ___ trait.

• Acquired

• Inherited

• Physical

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-2