Heredity and Traits Quiz

What is an instinct?

• A learned behavior

• A natural or inherent impulse or behavior

What is a favorable trait (also called a good trait)?

• A trait that helps an organism survive and reproduce

• A trait that is not useful

What is the role of genes in heredity?

• They carry information that decides a living thing's hair color, eye color, and more!

• They are not involved in heredity

Which is NOT an inherited trait? (Inherited is something you get from your parents like eye color or hair color)

• Hair color

• What language you speak

What is a physical characteristic (like eye color or hair color) passed from parents to their babies called?

• Learned Behavior

• Inherited Trait

What is the difference between an instinct (what an animal can do without being taught) and a learned behavior? (what an animal is taught)

• Instincts are taught, learned behaviors are not

• Instincts are present at birth, learned behaviors are acquired

Which of these is not an instinct? (An instinct is something you can do without being taught)

• Flying

• Reading

What are inherited traits?

• Traits learned from friends

• Traits passed from parents to their babies

Which is an example of an inherited trait?

• Eye color

• Playing a game

Why do polar bears have thick, white fur?

• To look pretty

• To stay warm and blend in