Inherited Traits and Adaptations

The color and petal shape of a flower are

• Inherited Behaviors

• Acquired Traits

• Learned Behaviors

• Inherited Traits

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Many birds, such as hawks, have sharp claws, called talons, on their feet. Sharp talons help a hawk catch its prey. Talons are

• instinctive traits

• acquired traits

• inherited traits

• learned traits

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Plants are interacting directly with another living element of their environment when they are abosrbing water through their roots. The roots of a plant are

• learned behavior

• instinctive behavior

• inherited traits

• acquired traits

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Structures or behaviors that help an
organism survive in its surroundings

• adaptations

• inherited traits

• learned behaviors

• structural behaviors

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Characteristics that are passed from
parents to their offspring

• broken leg

• structures

• behaviors

• inherited traits

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Characteristics of an organism

• adaptations

• traits

• functions

• instincts

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Behaviors that an animal inherits from
its parents

• instinctive behaviors

• traits

• offspring

• functions

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Darwin observed that the shape of these finches _________ were well matched with the seeds available in their own distinct environment.

• Beaks

• Feathers

• Eyes

• Wings

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The Arctic Hare's fur is white. This makes it harder for predators to see it. The white fur is a/an ______

• adaptation

• evolution

• goal

• distraction

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Darwin began to hypothesize that organisms developed traits over time because of differences in their ___________

• Bodies

• Food

• Environments

• Offspring

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