Inherited and Acquired Traits

What does the term 'offspring' refer to?

• A scientific instrument

• A type of plant

• An adult animal

• Young plants or animals

What are traits?

• A type of food

• Personal characteristics

• A kind of animal

• A plant's leaf shape

What is an example of an inherited trait?

• Writing your name

• Reading a book

• Eye color

• Riding a bike

What is an example of an acquired trait?

• Blood type

• Height

• Natural hair color

• Speaking two languages

Are dimples an inherited or acquired trait?

• Neither

• Acquired

• Both

• Inherited

What determines the color of your eyes according to the text?

• Your diet

• The weather

• Genes from your parents

• Your age

What is a dominant gene?

• A gene that is always hidden

• A gene that has no effect

• A gene that overrides the recessive gene

• A gene that appears only in adults

What does a recessive gene require to appear?

• Two copies, one from each parent

• Sunlight

• To be dominant

• Water

What did Gregor Mendel use to study how traits are inherited?

• Human subjects

• Pea plants

• Animal models

• Computer simulations

What is the result of crossing two plants, one with a dominant tall gene and one with a recessive short gene, according to Mendel's findings?

• All short plants

• Half tall, half short plants

• One tall plant for every three short plants

• All tall plants