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Worksheets5th Grade Learned Behavior vs, Inherited Traits Review
Total questions: 58
Worksheet time: 1hrs 5mins
Which is an example of a learned behavior?
Blue eyes
Having freckles
Speaking English
Which of the following is an instinct?
riding a bike
building a nest
a dog sitting when he is told, SIT!
skating on rollerblades
Instinct inherited trait or learned behavior? Curly hair
Instinct
Inherited trait
Learned behavior
Most young animals inherit similar appearances, such as shape and color, from their parent animals. Which best describes why a baby deer (fawn) has spots when the adult deer do not?
The spots help camouflage the fawn for protection.
The spots help a fawn to be seen when crossing roads.
The adult deer lose their spots by rubbing against trees.
The adult deer rub their spots off over time
Emily has brown hair. Which is most likely a true statement about Emily?
Emily’s favorite color is brown.
Emily has a parent with brown hair.
Emily’s older brother has brown hair.
Emily was able to pick her hair color at birth
The traits that are passed down from our parents are passed down through which structure?
skin
blood type
genes
chloroplast
Which of these is not an instincts behavior?
Dog barking
Bird building a nest
Baby crying for it's mother
Fish coming to the top of a tank for food
Shark hunting its prey
Bill is a tall, eleven-year-old boy. He has a scar on his right cheek. He is intelligent and an excellent drummer. Which of his traits did he most likely inherit?
his height
his scar on his right cheek
his intelligence
his ability to play the drums
Which BEST explains why children resemble their parents?
They eat the same foods
They have similar DNA
They speak the same language
They have the same interests
Mary's mom, dad and sister have brown eyes. Mary has hazel eyes, unlike the rest of her family. Who could Mary have gotten her eye color?
her aunts
her uncles
her grandparents
Which BEST explains why a child may look like his father but is not able to play basketball as well as him?
Physical characteristics are inherited, but the ability to shoot a basketball is not
The ability to shoot a basketball is inherited, but physical characteristics are not.
The child chooses to look like his father but he does not choose to play basketball.
When Terri begins to write her name, she is showing which type of characteristic?
innate
learned
inherited
Which statement BEST describes why most organisms in a species carry out life processes similarly?
Life processes that are specific to a species are passed from parents to their offspring
Life processes that are specific to a species are passed from offspring to their parents
Life processes that are specific to a species are passed from the environment to the organisms.
Which characteristics is learned?
height
freckles
hair color
athletic skill
Which is a characteristic offspring inherit from parents?
blood type
intelligence
personality
weight
Which is characteristic of heredity?
behaviors taught to parents by offspring
behaviors taught to offspring by parents
passing of physical characteristics from parents to offspring
passing of physical characteristics from offspring to parents
Which is true about parents and their offspring?
Characteristics are passed from parents to offspring, resulting in the offspring being identical to the parents
Characteristics are passed from parents to offspring, resulting in parents teaching their offspring how to look and act
Most characteristics are chosen by the offspring and not passed from parent to offspring
Some characteristics are learned and not passed from parent to offspring
Which is an example of an inherited characteristic?
a person swimming
a bird with feathers
a dog obeying commands
a person speaking Spanish
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 example of a physical trait?
a baby crying in the crib
a squirrel gathering and saving nuts
a horse has four legs
geese fly south for the winter
Are acquired physical traits passed down from parents to offspring?
yes
no
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
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.
A dog has black fur with brown spots, a good sense of smell, a chipped tooth, and four legs. Which of these characteristics is an acquired physical trait?
black fur with brown spots
good sense of smell
chipped tooth
four legs
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?
A student has several rose plants. The flowers on one plant are yellow. The flowers on the other plants are red. Which is the BEST question the student could ask to determine whether yellow flowers are an inherited physical trait or an acquired physical trait?
Are the rose plants healthy?
Do roses reporduce from seeds or spores?
Did the plant with yellow roses have a parent with yellow roses?
What is the difference between an inherited physical trait and an acquired physical trait
Freckles are an _____________.
acquired trait
inherited behavior
inherited trait
acquired behavior
A mutation is defined as:
A change in the cell's structure
Anything that changes in an embryo
Any change in the physical features of a human
A change in the DNA sequence
All of the following are inherited traits in a coyote EXCEPT –
growing tan fur
having sharp teeth
seeing well
recognizing traps
A pet dog often learns many new behaviors during its lifetime. All of these are behaviors it may learn EXCEPT –
scratching an itch
begging at the table
rolling over on command
barking when the doorbell rings
Chimpanzees are born with some inherited traits but learn others as they move around in their environment. Which of the following traits could a chimpanzee learn during its lifetime?
Living in large groups with other chimps
Walking quickly on both arms and legs
Using a stick to dig ants out of the ground
Sleeping at night and hunting during the day
Which of these is an example of a learned behavior
Fox squirrels live in trees of city parks throughout Texas. Each spring they build nests of twigs and leaves in the tops of the trees. Fox squirrels are often found near park benches, waiting to be fed by visitors.
For fox squirrels, which of these is a learned behavior
Building a nest each spring
Taking food from people
Having a long, bushy tail
Having sharp claws
A scientist observes sea otters using rocks to break open clam shells. Which of these investigations would best help the scientist determine whether this skill is a learned or an inherited behavior?
Determining what sizes and kinds of rocks are used most often by sea otters.
Determining whether shellfish are an important food source in the diet of sea otters.
Raising young sea otters away from adult otters that use rocks and observing whether the young otters use rocks.
Observing families of sea otters over time to see whether adults that use rocks have offspring that use rocks.
A group of students visited a park and collected leaves from many different trees in order to study them. They recorded their observations about the leaves. Which of these observations does NOT describe an inherited trait?
The leaves vary in shape and size
Some leaves have holes made by insects chewing on them.
Some leaves are smooth on one side and rough on the other.
The colors of the leaves range from light green to dark green.
For a science assignment a student was asked to observe some organisms and then make a table to classify the organisms' traits as inherited or learned. The student's table is shown below. How many of these observations describe learned behaviors and how many describe inherited traits?
1 learned behavior, 7 inherited traits
2 learned behaviors, 6 inherited traits
3 learned behaviors, 5 inherited traits
4 learned behaviors, 4 inherited traits
Inherited Physical Trait
A physical characteristic that an organism is born with that is passed to the organism from its parents
Animal behavior that develops from observation or instruction
A trait that one is not born with but that is gained due to lifestyle or environment
None of the above
Acquired Physical Trait
A behavior that an organism is born with that is passed to the organism from its parents.
A physical characteristic that an organism is born with that is passed to the organism from its parents.
A trait that one is not born with but that is gained due to lifestyle or environment
Animal behavior that develops from observation or instruction
Some inherited traits are
eye color
hair color
fur
reading
