Learned traits and Behaviors

Which characteristic would most likely be inherited by a baby?

• brown hair
• crying a lot
• ability to jump high
• his ability to talk

Which of the following characteristics would be a learned behavior?

• a frog hides beneath the surface of a pond

• a rabbit stays very still when a dog approaches

• a dog chases squirrels and other small animals

• a parrot says “good morning”

Smelts are fish that lay their eggs in the sand of a beach. When the eggs hatch, the babies know to go to the water. This is an example of...

• inherited behavior
• camouflage
• hibernation
• learned behavior

Crows are black birds with excellent hearing.  In the wild they live 6-7 years.  Some crows in Japan open hard shelled nuts by dropping them in front of moving cars.  Which of these is a learned behavior?

• excellent hearing
• living 6-7 years
• dropping nuts in front of cars
• having black feathers

Everyday a rancher feeds his new horses in the barn at 5:00 p.m.   Soon the horses start heading for the barn at 4:55 p.m.  This behavior is an example of-

• an instince
• an inherited behavior
• a migration pattern
• a learned behavior

An _____ is a characteristic that is passed from parents to offspring

• learned behavior

• inherited trait

• acquired trait

1.      Which of the following is an inherited behavior?

 

• knowledge of how to play the piano

• infant babies breathing as soon as they are born

• kindergarten students sharing different toys

• birds that nest near highways not responding to traffic noise

Gina has a plant in a pot in her bedroom. The plant has pink flower petals and long green leaves. Gina waters the plant every day and makes sure that it gets plenty of sunlight.

 

            An inherited characteristic of Gina's plant is

• the color of the pot that the plant grows in.

• the location of the plant in Gina's bedroom.

• the color of the plant's flower petals.

• the amount of water that the plant gets daily.

Jan plants several shrubs in her garden that she clips into different shapes. Which of the following is an inherited trait of the shrub?

 

• The shrub is growing near a large tree.

• The shrub is located in Jan's garden.

• The shrub is shaped like a cow.

• The leaves of the shrub are green.

All of the following are learned EXCEPT:

• reading a book
• sneezing
• using a knife and fork
• avoid poison ivy