Inherited Traits and Learned Behaviors

During a school science fair, Hayden noticed several features shared among her classmates' family members. Select everything below that Hayden observed which is an example of an inherited trait in humans:

• Freckles

• Eye Color

• Learning to ride a bike

• Shape of their nose

• Length of their hair

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Olivia observed that the giraffe eats leaves of the acacia tree. Which of the following does NOT describe an inherited trait of the acacia tree or the giraffe?

• The giraffe has a long tongue for grabbing leaves off the tree

• The shape and size of the leaves on the acacia tree

• The number of leaves that giraffe eats on the acacia tree

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NGSS.MS-LS3-1

During a typical day at school, which of the following activities performed by students are examples of learned behaviors?

• Having brown hair

• Olivia sending an email to her teacher

• Luke speaking Spanish in language class

• Jordan walking to school

• Having freckles

Aiden's apple tree does NOT inherit traits like fruit size and color from its parent plant.

• True

• False

Observing the unique fur patterns on Lydia's cat is an example of a(n) –

• inherited trait

• instinct

• learned behavior

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

In a biology project, Hayden, Willow, and Lydia observe the following characteristics about their school garden's resident squirrel. Click on ALL of the characteristics that are inherited physical traits of the squirrel.

• The squirrel buries nuts in the ground.

• The squirrel has bushy tail.

• The squirrel is active during the day.

• The squirrel has grey and white fur.

• The squirrel's teeth grow continually.

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NGSS.MS-LS3-1

Owen, Jada, Lydia, Willow, and Hayden take a field trip to a local zoo and make the following observations of the animals. Click on ALL of the observations that are learned behaviors.

• The giraffes have long necks.

• A parrot repeats phrases it has been taught.

• The monkey reaches out to grab a banana from a zookeeper.

• Elephants come to the fence when they see the zookeeper with buckets of food.

• The pattern of the zebra's stripes.

In a biology class, Olivia observes that the petal color of a flower is passed from parent plants to their offspring. Olivia concludes that petal color is an inherited trait in plants.

• True

• False

Willow teaching her dog how to sit on command is an example of

• learned behavior

• inherited trait

• instinct

Aiden and Olivia will inherit ALL the same traits as their sibling Jordan.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2