Inherited Traits Quiz

If you look at people around you, you will observe that no two people are exactly the same. People are the same in many ways; we are all the same ______.

• species
• inherit

• offspring

• reproduce

Birth parents ______ and pass traits down to their ______.

• inherit and offspring

• inherit and reproduce

• reproduce and offspring

• reproduce and species

Traits we ______ from our birth parents are called inherited traits.

• species

• offspring

• reproduce

• inherit

Which items represent an inherited trait?

• green socks

• Brown eye color

• Shape of your face

• jumps rope

• braids in your hair

Which items represent an inherited trait?

• four legs

• scar on right cheek

• size of your feet

• brown and white fur

• dimples on cheeks

Which items represent an NOT inherited trait?

• color of your socks

• shape of your ears

• jumps rope

• brown eye color

• scar on cheek