Makeup

Dyed purple hair

Which of these actions is a learned behavior?

Being good at Science

Where do physical traits like fur color, hair type or eye color come from?

Natural blue eyes

Mike is observing a number of traits from different organisms. He needs to classify the traits as inherited or acquired. The traits he observed are listed below. Select ALL the traits from his list that are INHERITED TRAITS.

Color blindness

Ava is watching a spider on a tree branch. The spider begins to spin a web between the branches. An insect gets caught in the web and the spider wraps it up in silk. Ava needs to determine if this action is instinct or a learned behavior. Which question would help Ava make this decision?

Being left or right-handed

Select THREE of the following choices which are examples of inherited traits

Gold contact lenses

Ezra's parents are both tall. They both have black hair and blue eyes. They love basketball and soccer. His mother dislikes garlic and his father dislikes onions. They both enjoy reading.

Which three questions can be asked to learn about Ezra's inherited traits?

Dog fetching

Which characteristic is inherited?

Being talkative

Grass changing colors from green to brown during a water drought

Which best explains why a child may look like his father, but is not able to play basketball as well as him?

Naturally curly hair

Growing roots into the ground and stems towards the sun

A person who breeds (raises) rabbits keeps careful records of the fur color of parents and offspring from each generation. The fur color is a trait transferred from generation to generation. What are the structures that carry the information for these traits?

Which of the following is a learned behavior in a dog?

Which of the following is most likely inherited by flowering plants?

Select ALL the traits that amphibian offspring inherit from their parents.

A scar

Pico is an orange cat with white stripes all over his body. He has yellow eyes and flicks his tail when he spots prey, like a bird. He runs fast and leaps towards prey when he thinks he has a chance of catching it for a meal. Pico has a scar on his side from fight with another cat.

Which trait could NOT be inherited by Pico's offspring?

Using a camera

A mother wolf snarling at a bear that comes close to her pups is an example of

Ms. Sheffield and Ms. Romo decided to feed the local birds by putting up bird feeders in the school garden. Ms. Sheffield's bird feeder was only filled with plain millet seeds. Ms. Romo's bird feeder was filled with a mixture of millet, peanuts, sunflower and pumpkin seeds.

One day after putting up the feeders, their classes observed MANY birds visiting both feeders. However, after 4 weeks, the classes observed that more birds were visiting Ms. Romo's feeder. The classes concluded that the birds preferred the seeds in Ms. Romo's feeder and were no longer interested in visiting Ms. Sheffield's!

This scenario is an example of...