Acquired Traits and Inherited

Gina has a plant in a pot in her bedroom. The plant has pink flower petals and long green leaves. Gina waters the plant every day and makes sure that it gets plenty of sunlight.

 

            An inherited characteristic of Gina's plant is

• the color of the pot that the plant grows in.

• the location of the plant in Gina's bedroom.

• the color of the plant's flower petals.

• the amount of water that the plant gets daily.

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A fern plant is growing in the forest by Mike's house. The leaves of the fern plant are small and green. Mike often finds small caterpillars eating the leaves of the fern plant.

 

Which of the following is an inherited characteristic of the fern plant?

• The distance of the fern plant from Mike's house.

• The shape of the fern plant's leaves.

• The number of leaves that are eaten by caterpillars.

• The location of the fern plant inside the forest.

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Which of the following is an inherited behavior?

 

• a bird flying

• a person tanning in the sun

• a plant bending toward sunlight

• a person liking the smell of flowers

Which characteristic of a person is an inherited trait?

 

• earrings

• scar on knee

• blue eyes

• long hair

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A plant's traits are inherited from the plant's            .

• parents

• environment

• owners

• soil

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A zebra lives in the African savannah. It is three years old and is part of a large herd of other zebras. An inherited trait of the zebra is

• that it is three years old.

• that it is part of a large herd of other zebras.

• the pattern of its stripes.

• the length of time it has lived in Africa.

What is an acquired trait?

• a characteristic that a living thing is born with

• a characteristic that a living thing gets during its lifetime

• physical appearance

• heredity

Which is an inherited physical trait?

• a girl has brown eyes

• a girl has a bruise on her arm

• a boy has straight teeth from braces

• a child has a scar on her leg

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An inherited physical trait is

• a part of a behavior

• more important than an acquired physical trait

• a characteristic a living thing gets from its parents

• a characteristic a living thing gets during its lifetime.

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A girl's left arm is shorter than her right arm. Which is the BEST question to determine whether the girl's shorter arm is an acquired physical trait or an inherited physical trait?

• Is the girl righthanded?

• Does the girl have a scar on her right arm?

• How can a girl acquire the trait for a shorter arm?

• Is the left arm of the girl's parents shorter than her right arm?

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