Life Science Genetics/ Inherited & Acquired Traits

1. Characteristics passed from parents to their offspring.

• Behavior

• Learned trait

• Inherited trait

• Function

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2. An acquired trait means _________.

• your sister gave it to you

• it is learned or happened after birth

• your parents gave it to you

• you have taken it from your grand parent

3. The ability to play basketball.

• learned

• Inherited

4. Which characteristic did Malek most likely inherit from his parents?

• his ability to read fast

• his need to wear glasses

• his ability to speak English

• his need to count using his fingers

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5. A dog rolls over and receives a treat. The dog rolls over again. This is an example of...

• learned behavior

• adaptive behavior

• inherited behavior

• instinctive behavior

6. Plants can have instinct behavior such as bending towards the sun.

• True

• False

7. Baby turtles moving toward the ocean when they hatch is because of __.

• inherited traits

• mutation

• learned behavior

• instinct behavior

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8. Which characteristic would most likely be inherited by a baby?

• brown hair

• ability to jump high

• crying a lot

• his ability to talk

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9. Gene is defined as

• Plants with seeds.

• A unit of heredity which is transferred from a parent to off spring.

• Immunity of an organism.

• Acquired trait

10. Number of chromosomes human beings have

Check all that apply

• 23 pairs of chromosomes

• 46 chromosomes

• 62 chromosomes

• 53 chromosomes