WorksheetsEOG Inherited & Acquired Traits Assessment
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 19mins
Riding a bicycle
Inherited trait
learned behavior
Spiders spinning webs
Inherited Trait
Learned behavior
Fish swimming
Inherited trait
learned behavior
Speaking English
inherited trait
learned behavior
bird having feathers
inherited trait
learned behavior
making a treehouse
inherited trait
learned behavior
The ways an organism interacts with its environment, including other organisms.
acquired
behavior
inherited
traits
A behavior an organism knows how to do without being taught because it is inherited directly from the organism's parents.
acquired
inherited
instinct
learned
Discovered through interactions with the environment
inherited
instinct
learned
physical
Visually observable
Physical
learned
instinct
inherited
characteristics that are used to describe an organism
learned
traits
physical
acquired
passed genetically from parents to offspring
inherited
acquired
learned
behavior
developed after the organism is born and NOT passed to offspring by parents
behavior
acquired
physical
traits
What statement best describes the relationship between inherited and acquired traits?
Inherited and acquired traits both come from genes.
Inherited and acquired traits are both present at birth.
Acquired traits come from genes and inherited traits are learned through the environment.
Inherited traits come from genes and acquired traits are developed through interactions with the environment.
Ducks live near ponds and lakes. The shape of a duck's foot helps it swim and walk on muddy ground. Which factor is most important in determining the shape of a baby duck's foot?
the shape of the parent ducks' feet
the temperature of the pond water
the amount of mud in the bottom of the pond
the amount of rain that fell before the duck was born
Sometimes seeds from plants that produce red raspberries will grow into plants that produce yellow raspberries. When two yellow raspberry plants reproduce with each other, the resulting seeds grow into plants that produce yellow raspberries. Which of the following best describes how raspberries get their color?
Raspberry color is an inherited trait that varies among raspberry plants.
Raspberry color is controlled by the amount of sunlight that raspberry plants receive.
Raspberry color is controlled by the amount of sugar that raspberry plants produce.
Raspberry color is an inherited trait that changes when raspberry plants have a disease.
A group of students observe some sea stars (also known as starfish) while on a field trip. Most of the sea stars have five arms, but two of the sea stars each have an arm that is much shorter than their other arms. A park ranger tells the students that the shorter arms were once missing because they were probably eaten by a fish or a crab, but the arms have started to grow back. Which of the following best describes how sea stars are able to regrow their arms?
Sea stars learn how to regrow their arms.
Sea stars inherit the ability to regrow their arms.
Sea stars eat food that causes their arms to regrow.
Sea stars move to warmer water that causes their arms to regrow.
A moth has markings on its wings that look like owl eyes. When the moth leaves its cocoon, it will often land on a tree and display these markings. Which statement best explains the moth's behavior?
It is a learned behavior to capture prey.
It is a learned behavior to scare away predators.
It is an inherited behavior to capture prey.
it is an inherited behavior to scare away predators.
Smelts are fish that lay their eggs in the sand on beaches. When the eggs hatch, the babies know to go to the water. This is an example of...
instinct
hibernation
camouflage
learned behavior
Two students listed some traits of their favorite football player: youngest of 4 children, brown hair, brown eyes, taller than the other teammates, good at throwing & catching a football.
Which question would help the students determine which trait on the list is an acquired physical trait of the football player?
How tall is the football player?
Does the football player have any siblings?
Why does the football player have brown eyes and hair?
Has the football player always been good at catching a football?
A moth has markings on its wings that look like owl eyes. When the moth leaves its cocoon, it will often land on a tree and display these markings. Which statement best explains the moth's behavior?
It is a learned behavior to capture prey.
It is a learned behavior to scare away predators.
It is an inherited behavior to capture prey.
it is an inherited behavior to scare away predators.
Discovered through interactions with the environment
inherited
instinct
learned
physical
Looks at the pictures. Which of the pictures does NOT show an acquired trait?
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X
Y
Z
1. 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
Jan plants several shrubs in her garden that she clips into different shapes. Which of the following is an inherited trait of the shrub?
The shrub is growing near a large tree.
The shrub is located in Jan's garden.
The shrub is shaped like a cow.
The leaves of the shrub are green.
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
Which characteristic of sheep is an inherited trait?
their brown wool
their muddy feet
their names
their location in the pasture
Which of the following is an inherited trait of the rose?
the presence of thorns on the rose's stem
the shape of the rose's petals
the color of the rose's petals
all of these
An 11-year-old girl with green eyes and red hair plays the piano. Which of the following characteristics is an example of a learned behavior?
Playing the piano
Having green eyes
Having red hair
Being 11 years old
Which of the following is an instinctive behavior that an animal could inherit from its parents?
A raccoon taking lids off of trash cans to find food.
A dog barking loudly when the doorbell rings.
A seal balancing a ball on the end of its nose.
A bee flying from flower to flower to get nectar.
All of the following can be inherited by the offspring of an apple tree EXCEPT--
shape of leaves.
broken branches.
type of fruit.
flower color.
Charlie’s nose looks just like his grandfather’s nose. This is an example of
nurture.
heredity.
environment.
learned behavior.
The language you speak, how you wear your hair and what music you like to listen to are all examples of
DNA
heredity
acquired traits
inherited traits
“Nature vs. nurture” is a debate about
whether a trait is learned or inherited.
the traits of plants vs. the traits of animals.
whether animals can teach humans new traits.
whether a trait was acquired outdoors or indoors.
1. Have you ever seen someone who looks just like one of their parents? Children can look like their parents because of something called heredity. Heredity is the passing down of genes from generation to generation. Children got about half of their DNA from each of their biological parents. Together, genes tell the body how to function and what to look like. The traits that come from parents are called inherited traits. Your inherited traits are with you from birth.
Where do inherited traits come from?
what a person learns in school
a person’s biological parents
a person's friends
a person’s environment
