Inherited and Acquired Traits

What is a trait?

• Characteristic of a living thing

• learned behavior in females

• genetic offspring

• heredity

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the way in which a living thing acts or responds to its surroundings

• instinct

• behavior

• rule

• inherited trait

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a characteristic that a living thing gets from its parents

• inherited trail

• learned behavior

• physical behavior

• special transfer

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In animals, inherited behaviors are called

• physical traits

• recessive trait

• dominant trait

• instincts

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What is an acquired trait?

• a characteristic that a living thing is born with

• a characteristic that a living thing gets during its lifetime

• physical appearance

• heredity

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ways of acting or skills that an animal learns or develolps during its lifetime

• inherited trait

• dominant gene

• learned behaviors

• hereditary

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True or False: Learned behaviors and other acquired traits are not passed down from parents to their young.

• true

• false

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Which is an example of an instinct?

• a girl can swim

• a dog can catch a frisbe

• a bird knows where to find a bird feeder

• a puppy knows how to bark

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Which is an example of a physical trait?

• a baby crying in the crib

• a squirrel gathering and saving nuts

• a horse has four legs

• geese fly south for the winter

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Are acquired physical traits passed down from parents to offspring?

• yes

• no

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