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1. What are genes? 2. What are inherited traits? 3. What are acquired traits? 4. Brainstorm a list of inherited and acquired traits for the table below. 5. Inherited traits come from ____________________________. 6. Acquired traits come from ____________________________.
Draw a picture to help you remember inherited traits and acquired traits.
Inherited Traits Acquired Traits
Inherited Traits Acquired Traits
Directions: Print the card headers and the traits. Sort the traits according to whether they are acquired or inherited.
Height Freckles
Dimples Earlobes (Attached or Detached)
Knowing the Alphabet
Having a favorite subject
in school
Birds Singing
Having a favorite
food
Riding a Skateboard
Speaking English or Spanish
Hair Color
Eye Color
Color of a Flower
Learning to Read
Liking Classical
Music
The Color of a Dogs
Fur
A Zebras Stripes
A Dog Sitting on Command
Being Right
Handed
Rolling Your
Tongue
Having Naturally Curly Hair
Shape of Your Nose
Ability to Hit a
Baseball
Avoiding Prey That Tastes Bad
Inherited vs. Acquired Traits Quiz Name: ___________________________________ Date: _________________ 1. Which of these is an inherited trait? a. Ability to read b. Being right handed c. Liking country music d. Pierced ears 2. Which of these is an acquired trait? a. Having naturally curly hair b. Eye Color c. Shape of your nose d. Ability to hit a baseball 3. A cat has 8 kittens, 5 females and 3 males. Which statement best describes the characteristics of these kittens? a. All of the kittens will look exactly like their mother. b. All of the kittens will look exactly like their father. c. The male and female kittens will look like both the mother and the father. d. The male kittens will look like the father, and the female kittens will look the mother. 4. Which of these does a child inherit from his parents? a. Saying the alphabet b. Speaking English c. Eye color d. Favorite color
5. Which of these has the greatest effect on how tall a child will grow? a. Genetic material from both parents. b. Genetic material from the shortest parent. c. The height of the oldest sibling. d. The average height of the other siblings. 6. What factor most affects whether a student has a cleft chin or a smooth chin? a. The genes inherited from the parents of the students. b. The diet of the student. c. The environment where the student lives. d. Whether the child has a big mouth or a small mouth. 7. What statement best describes the relationship between inherited and acquired traits? a. Inherited and acquired traits are both present at birth. b. Inherited traits come from genes and acquired traits are learned through the environment. c. Acquired traits come from genes and inherited traits are learned through the environment. d. Inherited and acquired traits both come from genes. 8. What determines whether a person will have dimples or not? _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ 9. Explain the relationship between your parents and inherited traits. _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________
Answer Key
1. b
2. d
3. c
4. c
5. a
6. a
7. b
8. Answers will vary, but should include knowledge
that this is an inherited trait and comes from the
genes of the parents.
9. Answers will vary, but should include that inherited
traits come from genes which are given to an infant
from its parents.
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Credits The AWESOME flippable templates are from
4MulaFun.
The super easy to use borders used for the sort cards are from Amy Alvis.
The Page Borders are from Teaching in a Small Town
The Fonts are from KG Fonts and Cara Carroll
The Background is from Glitter Meets Glue
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