Inherited and Acquired Traits

What is an acquired trait?

• Traits that are passed down from a parent

• Hair color

• Traits that you learn in your environment

• dimples

What is an example of an acquired trait?

• Dimples

• learning a foreign language

• Jawline shape

• Hair color

What is an example of an inherited trait?

• breaking a bone

• being left or right handed

• how to ride a bike

• lip shape

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Which of these would a child inherit from his or her parent?

• saying the alphabet

• speaking English

• eye color

• favorite color

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Susan has curly, brown hair.

• inherited trait
• learned behavior

A dog has 6 puppies: 2 males and 4 females. Which statement best describes the characteristics of these puppies?

• All of the puppies will look exactly like their mother.

• All of the puppies will look exactly like their father.

• The male kittens will look like the father, and the female kittens will look like the mother.

• The male and female puppies will look like both the mother and the father.

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Birds' beak size

• inhertied
• acquired

being able to speak French

• acquired
• inherited

Characteristics that are passed from parent to offspring.

• inherited trait

• offspring

• learned behavior

what are some of the inherited traits that the puppies got from their mother (choose 2)

• Black Ears

• Eating

• White fur on their bodies

• Talking