WorksheetsInherited Traits Post Test
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 11mins
Which of these is an inherited trait?
Throwing a ball
Getting wrinkles
Having blue eyes
Playing the piano
Which of these is a learned behavior?
Having long eyelashes
Having curly hair
A bird heading south in the fall
Liking peanut butter sandwiches
A girl observed her younger brother and listed the behaviors she saw. Which of these was a learned behavior?
blinking
reading
sleeping
swallowing
Which of these can you change?
Your instincts
Your inherited traits
Your learned behaviors
Your inherited behaviors
The traits that are passed down from our parents are passed down through which structure?
skin
genes
blood type
chloroplast
Where does an animal get its genes?
All from its mother
All from its father
Half of its genes come from its mother and half come from its father
Most of its genes from its mother and some of its genes come from its father
Which characteristic would a child not inherit from one or both of its parents?
freckles
eye color
hair style
dimples
In animals, inherited behaviors are called ______.
Physical traits
Dominant traits
Recessive traits
Instincts
Genes cause all the children in a family _____.
to have the same color of eyes
to be as tall as their father
to have curly hair
to share some of the same traits
Which characteristic would NOT be passed on by a gene?
Black fur
Webbled feet
Brown scales
Broken wing
Why do scientists change the genes in plants so the plants need less water?
So there is more water to fill swimming pools
So the plants can grown well during dry spells
So the plants can grow in space
So farmers will not die from chemical poisioning
Which of these is an inherited trait?
Liking the color red
Having long fingers
Wearing your hair in a ponytial
Liking chocolate ice cream
A giraffe has a long neck because _______.
It needs to reach tall branches.
It has learned how to reach tall branches.
Its parents had long necks.
It eats leaves.
How do you know that the snake on the left is the offspring of the snake on the right?
They are both cold-blodded.
They both sleep through the winter.
They both have the same stripe pattern.
They both coil up to defend themselves.
Use the table to answer the question. A student grouped his classmates based on certain characteristics. The table shows the characteristics used to describe each group. Which two groups are described by an inherited characteristic?
Group 1 and Group 2
Group 1 and Group 4
Group 2 and Group 3
Group 3 and Group 4
Which of the following are examples of inherited traits"
blue eyes, brown hair, table manners
red hair, brown eyes, curly hair
speaking english, spanish and french
playing video games, drawing, riding a bicycle
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
chipped tooth
good sense of smell
four legs
Which is an example of a physical trait?
a baby crying in the crib
a horse has four legs
a squirrel gathering and saving nuts
geese fly south for the winter
What is true of instrincts AND learned behaviors?
They are inherited from parents.
They are acquired during a lifetime.
They are characteristics that can change.
They are characteristics of living things.
Christian knows that some of his characteristics were passed on to him by his parents, and some of his characteristics were learned from his environment. What question can be asked to learn about Christians's inherited characteristics?
What color is his hair?
What language does he speak?
What is the date of his birth?
What kind of clothes does he wear?
