Acquired Traits and Inherited

• Environment

• DNA

• Nurture

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• Trait

• Nurture

• Environment

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What means you learned it, so it's an acquired trait?

• Heredity

• Nurture

• Gene

The passing on of genetic traits from parents to children or offspring.

• Nurture

• Heredity

• Environment

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Brown eyes and black hair are what kind of traits?

• Environment

• Heredity

• Nurture

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Which of the following is an inherited behavior?

• knowledge of how to play the piano

• infant babies breathing as soon as they are born

• kindergarten students sharing different toys

• birds that nest near highways not responding to traffic noise

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Which of the following characteristics would a dog have to learn because it could not be inherited from the dog's parents?

• color of its fur

• ability to fetch a ball

• color of its eyes

• length of its tail

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Which characteristic of sheep is an inherited trait?

• their brown wool

• their muddy feet

• their names

• their location in the pasture

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Joel has a pet cockatoo. The cockatoo has white feathers covering most of its body and a yellow crest on its head. Its beak is black and slightly curved. Joel has taught his cockatoo how to speak a few words in English. The cockatoo can also open the door to its cage by moving the lock up and down. The color of the cockatoo's feathers is a(n) trait. The cockatoo unlocking its cage door is a(n) trait.

• inherited; inherited

• learned; inherited

• inherited; learned

• learned; learned

All weaver birds build elaborate nests. Slight differences in nest construction, such as the use of specific materials, are observed within the species. Greater differences in nest construction are found between members of different species of weaver birds.

 

Nest building in weaver birds demonstrates how

 

• behaviors are influenced strictly by experiences.

• behaviors are not related to inheritance or experience.

• behaviors are influenced by inheritance and experience.

• behaviors are influenced strictly by inherited traits.

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