Vocabulary: Inherited Traits & Learned Behaviors

characteristics passed down from parents to offspring.

• inherited trait

• dominant trait

• learned behavior

• genes

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

behaviors that are learned, usually from parent or care giver.

• inhrited trait

• dominant trait

• recessive trait

• learned behavior

these are a part of DNA--which carries the information for the inherited traits in living things

• learned behaviors

• recessive traits

• genes

• dominant traits

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NGSS.MS-LS3-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

traits that do NOT show in people unless both genes for the trait are inherited.

• inherited traits

• genes

• recessive traits

• learned behavior

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

these are traits that ALWAYS show even if only one gene of the pair is an inherited trait

• instinct

• dominant trait

• genes

• inherited traits

a BEHAVIOR that an organism inherits, this can be seen in humans and animals, for example breathing.

• dominant traits

• genes

• learned behaviors

• instinct