Traits and Adaptations

Many birds, such as hawks, have sharp claws, called talons, on their feet. Sharp talons help a hawk catch its prey. Talons are

• instinctive traits

• acquired traits

• inherited traits

• learned traits

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Prairie dogs eat grasses and some insects. They build their homes by digging tunnels underground. Digging a tunnel underground is most likely a(n)

• inherited trait

• acquired trait

• reaction to predators

• instinctive behavior

Structures or behaviors that help an
organism survive in its surroundings

• adaptations

• inherited traits

• learned behaviors

• structural behaviors

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Characteristics of an organism

• adaptations

• traits

• functions

• instincts

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Characteristics that are passed from
parents to their offspring

• broken leg

• structures

• behaviors

• inherited traits

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Which is and example of an Inherited Behavior (Instinct)

• A baby using a spoon to eat

• A child born with green eyes.

• A robin building a nest.

• A baby with a scar on his face.

Plants are interacting directly with another living element of their environment when they are abosrbing water through their roots. The roots of a plant are

• learned behavior

• instinctive behavior

• inherited traits

• acquired traits

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Which characteristic helps this animal survive in the cold?

• blubber

• claws

• beak

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These traits are passed down from you parents

• inherited

• environmental

• learned

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Which characteristic helps the camel survive?

• adaptation

• life cycle

• reproduce

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