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WorksheetsHeredity Warm Up
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 30mins
Heredity is
the passing of traits from parents to offspring
the passing of money to parents
genes
alleles affect inheritance
Which of the following features is NOT inherited?
Skin color
Tattoo
Hair texture
Color blindness
You inherit half of your DNA from your mother and half from _______?
Your father
Your pet hamster
Your grandmother
Your sister
Which of these are characteristics of inherited traits?
being able to speak in front of a crowd
having green eyes and brown hair
mastering your multiplication facts
becoming a teacher
A person who breeds animals 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 called?
organelles
genes
muscles
cytoplasm
A characteristic passed from parents to their offspring is called a __________________ trait.
acquired
inherited
dominant
recessive
Which of the following characteristics (traits) can be inherited?
curly hair
beautiful handwriting
multiplying numbers
playing a piano
Angelica speaks French fluently. Her parents and grandparents do not speak any other language besides English. How is it possible that Angelica can speak French so well?
Angelica inherited her knowledge of French.
Angelica must be a genius.
Angelica has a sister who speaks Spanish.
Angelica learned how to speak French.
Which of the following traits (characteristics) would not be passed on from a tree to its offspring?
The shape of its leaves
Roots that grow toward water
A trunk burned by lightning
The kind of seeds is produces
What is an acquired trait?
an action an organism is taught or learns from experience
a physical feature an organism develops in its lifetime due to an experience
a natural behavior that an organism is born knowing how to do automatically
A dolphin jumping out of the water to go through a hoop
an inherited trait
an acquired trait
a learned behavior
Which statement best describes a learned behavior?
a quality or physical feature you develop sometime in your life
something an organism does as a result of its environment or how it has been taught
something an organism does because of its genes
