Heredity

Heredity is the passing of traits from _____________________ to _____________________

• predators to prey

• water to rain

• parents to offspring

• offspring to parents

George has blonde hair. This is an example of an ________

• Acquired trait

• Inherited trait

_____________________ is the physical appearance of an organism (how it looks)

• phenotype

• ratio

• recessive trait

• heredity

Dominant genes are represented by a ________

• Male gene

• lowercase letter

• recessive trait

• capital letter

True or False:

We get 1/2 of our genes from our mother and 1/2 of our genes from our father

• True

• False

Which of these is an example of a learned behavior?

• A cleft chin
• The color of a flower
• A toddler learning how to read
• A wolf with thick fur

What is NOT an inherited trait of humans?

• Favorite type of music
• Freckles
• Hair color
• Height

Which of these is an acquired trait?

• Having blue eyes
• Pierced ears
• The ability for a baby to cry
• Freckles

What is the difference between inherited traits and learned behaviors?

• Inherited trait are something you get from your sister and learned behaviors come from experience.
• Inherited traits are something you get from your parents and learned traits are things like eye color.
• Inherited traits are something you get from your parents such as hair type and learned behaviors are something you learn to do with practice or past event.

The passing of genetic material from parents to offspring.

• heredity

• gene

• allele

• genotype

• phenotype