Inheritance - Instinct, Learned Behaviors, and Traits

This table shows instinctual and learned behaviors of four animals. Instincts and Learned Behaviors Instinct | Learned Behavior Canadian geese: migration | flying honey bees: making honey | associating colors with types of food polar bears: ability to return to a place from a far distance (homing) | "scooting" across ice to avoid falling in icy water raccoons: nocturnal hunting | digging through garbage cans for food PART A Based on the information shown, which statement is true?

• Animals with learned behaviors do not need instincts for survival.

• Some learned behaviors are needed to survive specific environments.

• All learned behaviors can be learned by all other species of animals.

• Instinctual behavior is taught at different ages for different species

Based on the information shown, what do polar bears and Canadian geese have in common?

• Both species know how to get back to their homes when they leave.

• Canadian geese and polar bears travel in groups and hunt together.

• Both species teach their young to use camouflage to protect themselves.

• They both leave their environments during the winter and return in spring.

Based on the information shown in the table, what word would best describe inherited behavioral traits?

• Instinct

• Learned behavior

• Adaptation

• Conditioning

Based on the examples given in the table, inherited traits are most likely to be:

• created

• instinctual

• learned

• taught

Based on the examples given in the table, what is the BEST example of another physical inherited trait?

• weight

• whistling

• breathing

• hair color

What is the BEST explanation for this type of behavior? One puppy was aggressive and trying to bite anyone who went near her.

• The aggressive puppy inherited a gene that made her unfriendly.

• The aggressive puppy was mimicking the behavior of the other five puppies.

• The aggressive puppy was living in an environment that she was learning aggressive behavior.

• The aggressive puppy wanted all of the attention and was aggressive because the other puppies were there.

What is the BEST description of the following list? 1. Eye color 2. Height 3. Hair color 4. Ear shape

• learned traits that can be acquired through practice

• personality traits learned by watching other organisms

• physical traits that parents could pass on to offspring

• natural traits that are randomly passed on to organisms

Which choice is NOT an example of an inherited trait?

• Height

• Hair color

• Tooth shape

• Favorite food

Alison and her father drove past this field of sunflowers every morning on the way to town. "Let's stop and make some observations," said Alison. "We are learning about observations of traits in science class." Alison and her father made a list of observations: ~All of the the plants are about the same height. - All but 3 of the plants had one single sunflower at the top of the plant. - 12 plants had leaves eaten by caterpillars. - The sunflower heads were all about 8" across. - The sunflower heads contained sunflower seeds. - The sunflower seeds were yellow and black. What is one observed trait that is NOT inherited from the parent plants?

• seed color

• plant height

• leaves eaten by insects

• sunflower head diameter

Which genetic trait do these siblings appear to have inherited?

• shyness

• eye color

• athletic ability

• above average height