Inheritance of Traits Review

An example of an acquired trait is....

• eye color

• height

• learning to walk

• hair color

By looking at this Punnett Square, which color of petal is the dominant allele?

• Purple

• White

• Neither

A trait is:

• A characteristic of a living thing

• How similar to your sibling you are

• Being identical to your parents

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Why siblings may look different?

• Different variation of inherited traits

• One sibling acquired a new trait after birth

• One sibling was affected by the environment

• All of the above

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Name 3 traits a plant can inherit

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What is an instinct?

• A learned behavior

• An inherited behavior

• A type of gene

What type of trait is passed on from parents to offspring?

• characteristic

• acquired trait

• inherited trait

• environmental trait

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Inherited traits that are passed along through generations of family members include which of these?

• eye color

• hair color

• nose shape

• all of the above

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A flower's red petals are an example of a(n) _______ trait.

• acquired

• environmental

• behavioral

• inherited

We get 1/2 of our genes from our mother and 1/2 of our genes from our father

• True

• False

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