Traits

Which trait does a puppy inherit from its parents?

• fur color and pattern

• obedience to commands

• food brand preference

• affection for a specific home

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Which best explains why a child may look like his father, but is not able to play basketball as well as him?

• Physical characteristics are inherited, but the ability to shoot a basketball is not.

• The ability to shoot a basketball is inherited, but physical characteristics are not.

• The child chooses to look like his father, but he does not choose to play basketball.

• He hates playing basketball so he doesn't care if his dad can play.

Which characteristic is inherited?

• hair color

• sleeping late

• enjoying hiking

• loving to read

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Which of these are characteristics of inherited traits?

• being able to speak in front of a crowd

• having green eyes and brown hair

• mastering your multiplication facts

• becoming a teacher

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A person who breeds animals keeps careful records of the fur color of parents and offspring from each generation. The fur color is a trait transferred from generation to generation.

What are the structures that carry the information for these traits called?

• organelles

• genes

• muscles

• cytoplasm

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What is the chemical called that is found inside our cell's nucleus and determines our inherited traits?

• D.N.A.

• genes

• chromosomes

• chloroplast

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A characteristic passed from parents to their offspring is called a __________________ trait.

• acquired

• inherited

• dominant

• recessive

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Which of the following is an example of an inherited trait?

• liking pizza

• riding a bike

• blowing bubbles with your gum

• freckles

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Frogs live in many parts of the world. Some have webbed feet; others have separated toes. The difference in the frog's feet is an example of:

• an instinct

• an inherited trait

• a learned behavior

• a migration

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Which characteristic is learned rather than inherited?

• the language you speak

• the shape of your nose

• the number of fingers on your hand

• the color of your eyes