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Which of these is an inherited trait?
a person's height
where a person lives
a person's ability to write
a person learning a new language
Which of the following is an inherited trait?
Tara's red hair
Ryan's bank account
Betty's dancing skills
Marco's excellent Spanish
Which is a trait that people are born with?
The dislike of certain foods
The ability to play the piano
The ability to roll your tongue
The ability to speak a foreign language
For fox squirrels, which of these is a learned behavior?
Which trait do children most likely inherit from their parents?
shape of earlobes
musical ability
personality
language
Which are examples of inherited traits?
specific beliefs
fingerprints
memories
nose shape
Matt is a tall, eleven-year-old boy. He has a scar on his right cheek. He is intelligent and an excellent drummer. Which of his traits did he most likely inherit?
his height
his scar on his right cheek
his intelligence
his ability to play the drums
Which characteristic would a child not inherit from one or both of its parents?
freckles
hair style
eye color
dimples
A boy's mother has blue eyes and dimples. His father has brown eyes and no dimples. How could the boy have brown eyes and dimples?
because his traits were determined by the food he eats.
because he inherited traits from both parents
because he inherited traits from just one parent
because his traits were influenced by his home environment
Why do the same kinds of trees have the same shape of leaves?
They receive the same kinds of nutrients from the soil.
They acquire the shape of their leaves from insects eating their leaves.
They inherit the shape of their leaves from the parent trees.
They grow in areas that receive the same amount of sun.
Which example is a trait that a dog does not inherit?
fur color
body shape
the ability to swim
the ability to sit on command
A girl has brown hair and brown eyes. She has freckles and she speaks Spanish. Which characteristic was not inherited from the girl's parents?
freckles
speaking Spanish
brown hair
brown eyes
Amy's mother is short, with blonde hair and blue eyes. Her father is tall, with brown hair and brown eyes. Amy is medium height, with blonde hair and brown eyes. Why does Amy look different from her parents?
Amy is a female, so she inherited more DNA from her mother. and looks more like her mother.
Amy inherited more of her father's DNA and looks more like her father.
Amy's appearance does not depend on the traits of her parents.
Ariel inherited half of her DNA from each parent and has a combination of their traits.
Which is an acquired trait rather than an inherited trait?
skin color
eye color
favorite color
hair color
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