Share Unit 4 Lesson 3 : Inherited & Learned Traits
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Eye color, hair color, and number of legs are examples of ___.
traits
__ is the passing of traits from parent to offspring.
Heredity / Inheritance
__ are traits that are passed from parent to offspring through genes (DNA).
inherited traits
An __ is a way of acting that an animal does not have to learn, but can do automatically
instinct
Birds knowing how to build nests and tadpoles knowing how to swim are examples of __.
instincts
True or false : Animals get genes from just one parent.
False
Skills that people and animals gain over time are __ traits.
learned
Knowing how to tie your shoes is an example of a __.
learned trait
Traits that an organism gets from interacting with the outside world are __.
environmental traits
What two types of traits are NOT passed from parent to offspring through genes?
Learned and environmental traits
True or false : If a parent has short hair, the baby will also always have short hair.
False
Give an example of a learned trait.
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Give an example of an environmental trait.
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Give an example of an inherited trait.
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Give an example of a trait that could be both inherited and environmental, and explain why.
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True or false : A parent could make a child have learned and environmental traits.
TRUE - but not from genes!
