WorksheetsInherited Traits vs Learned Behavior Quiz
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 51mins
An example of a learned behavior for a human is ... (choose TWO answers.)
crying
walking
blinking
sweating
talking
Choose the inherited animal behaviors.
birds bulding a nest
a dog fetching your slippers
spider building a web
a lion doing tricks
A scientist observes sea otters using rocks to break open clamshells. Which of these investigations would best help the scientist determine whether this skill is a learned or an inherited behavior? (5.10B)
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
The caterpillars of monarch butterflies eat milkweed leaves. Milkweed leaves contain sap that is toxic to many animals but not to monarch butterfly caterpillars. This sap makes the monarch butterfly caterpillars toxic to predators and protects them from being eaten. Which of these is an inherited trait of monarch butterfly caterpillars? (5.10B)
The size of the milkweed leaves that the caterpillars eat
The ability of the caterpillars to eat toxic leaves without being harmed
The number of milkweed leaves the caterpillars eat each day
The number of leaves on the milkweed plants the the caterpillars visit each summer
A farmer keeps bees to pollinate crops. The farmer makes several observations about the bees. Which of these observations describes a learned behavior? (5.10B)
Bees make return trips to sugar water from a bowl placed 40 meters from their hive.
Bees have dark eyes and black-and-yellow stripes.
Bees produce honey from the nectar they collect.
Bees will sting when threatened or disturbed.
A group of students made the observations listed in the table about the size, shape, and appearance of their hands. Which of the students' observations describe inherited traits? (5.10B)
Observations 2 and 5 only
Observations 1, 3, and 4 only
Observations 2, 3, and 5 only
All the observations
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. How many of these observations describe learned behaviors and how many describe inherited traits? (5.10B)
1 learned behavior, 7 inherited traits
2 learned behaviors, 6 inherited traits
3 learned behaviors, 5 inherited traits
4 learned behaviors, 4 inherited traits
A bright-red male cardinal comes to a school bird feeder every morning. Like other cardinals, this bird makes a sharp chirping sound as it hops around the bird feeder. Which of these is a learned behavior of this bird? (5.10B)
Having red feathers
Eating seeds during the day
Coming to the bird feeder each morning
Making a chirping sound
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? (5.10B)
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.
A behavior that an organism obtains from experiences.
Characteristics passed from parents to offspring.
A natural behavior that an organism inherits.
It when light bounces from one medium to another.
Characteristics passed from parents to offspring.
A natural behavior that an organism inherits.
A behavior that an organism obtains from experiences.
It is a push or a pull.
Which correctly demonstrates an inherited trait?
The beagle is tiny because it lives near a lake.
The beagle is tiny because of the food it eats.
The beagle is tiny because it does not drink enough water.
The beagle is tiny because its parents are tiny.
Camels have two large humps that store fat. They use the fat stored in the humps in times when food water is scarce. The large humps on their backs are
Learned behavior
Environmental response to change
Results of a predator attack
Inherited trait passed on from parent to offspring
How do the sharp spines on the cactus help it to survive?
They are learned behavior that absorb sunlight
They are inherited traits that provide support for the plant
They are inherited traits that keep animals away from the plant
They are a response to the environment to carry food to the flower
a lizard warming itself in the sun
butterflies migrating from Canada to Mexico each year
a cat running to the kitchen at the sound of a can opener
a caterpillar eating milkweed leaves
