Traits and Inheritance Quiz

What is a trait?

• Being identical to your parents.

• How similar to a sibling you are.

• A characteristic of a living thing.

• The way a rock rolls down a hill.

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What is an example of an inherited trait for a puppy?

• fur color

• being able to sit on command

• the cut on its paw

• where the puppy lives

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Which is an example of an acquired trait?

• Having brown eyes

• a person being over six feet tall

• a plant producing red flowers

• being able to speak French

What is an instinct?

• a inherited behavior

• an acquired behavior

• a type of gene

• that scent of a flower

Why are flamingos pink?

• a leprachaun washes them in pink soap

• it is an acquired trait

• they are born that way

• it is a result of standing on only one leg

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What is natural selection?

• The name of inherited traits

• choosing which items should be in which group

• choosing the best watermelon at the store

• when organisms with preferred traits survive

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What type of trait is flower color?

• a pretty trait

• an acquired trait

• an inherited trait

• an instinct

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What trait determines the shape of a seed?

• an instinct

• an inherited trait

• an acquired trait

• depends on the amount of sun shining that day

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What trait is demonstrated by a scar on someone's arm?

• an acquired trait

• an inherited trait

Why aren't siblings identical to each other?

• they inherited different genes

• they are different ages

• they acquired different genes

• they are identical

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