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What type of trait is more common?

• Parental trait
• Inherited trait
• Recessive
• Dominant

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Which characteristic would most likely be inherited by a baby?

• brown hair
• crying a lot
• ability to jump high
• his ability to talk

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Which characteristic is inherited?

• hair color
• sleeping late
• enjoying hiking
• loving to read

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_______ is the study of heredity; the study of the passing on of inherited traits from parents to offspring.

• Biology
• Chemistry
• Genetics
• Zoology

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Scientific study of heredity

• Genetics
• Heredity
• Anatomy
• Biology

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Which characteristic would a child not inherit from one or both of its parents?

• freckles
• hair style
• eye color
• dimples

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A scientist observes sea otters using rocks to break open clamshells. Which of these investigations would best help the scientist determine whether this skill is a learned or an inherited behavior?

• Determining what sizes and kinds of rocks are used most often by sea otters
• Determining whether shellfish are an important food source in the diet of sea otters
• Raising young sea otters away from adult otters that use rocks and observing whether the young otters use rocks
• Observing families of sea otters over time to see whether adults that use rocks have offspring that use rocks

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What process is being shown in this image?

• Variation
• Natural Selection
• Selective Breeding
• Homeostasis

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Which trait below is NOT one that is inherited in puppies?

• number of whiskers

• length of tail

• injured paw

• eye color

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Giraffe's long neck

• Inherited

• Learned

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