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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 Dog’s

Fur

A Zebra’s 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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