What do genes determine in our body?

• Our academic skills

• Our inherited traits, such as hair color and eye color

• Our personal preferences

• Our friendships

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What are genes responsible for?

• keeping our legs warm

• teaching us how to sleep or cry

• giving us our hair color, eye color, etc

• showing strategies for this question

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What are traits according to the lesson?

• The skills a person learns over time

• The physical characteristics of an organism that we can immediately see

• The personality of an individual

• The knowledge an organism possesses

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Which of the following is an example of a trait?

• Eye color

• Favorite color

• Preferred type of music

• Favorite food

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Which of these is not a physical trait?

• Scars

• Ear piercings

• Height

• Book preference

What is an example of an inherited trait?

• Scars

• Ear piercings

• Eye color

• Height

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Which of the following is an acquired trait?

• Eye color

• Scars

• Height

• Traits passed down from your parents

How are inherited traits passed on?

• Through learning and experience

• After you are born

• From your parents

• Through personal choices

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What is a trait that you are not born with called?

• Inherited

• Acquired

• Passed down

• Genetic

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What determines our inherited traits?

• Our education

• Our genes (passed down from our parents)

• Our friends

• Our hobbies

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