HEREDITY AND ENVIRONMENT

Sponge 3

Moira Whitehouse, PhD

This is a daily exercise to be used while teaching the SlideShare presentation Heredity and Environment found in: http://www.slideshare.net/MMoiraWhitehouse

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1. This boy’s chipped front tooth is a.an inherited physical traitb.an acquired physical traitc.an instinct

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2. This goat has a long beard. The goat’s beard is

a. an inherited physical traitb. an acquired physical traitc. an instinct

This young lady was born with brown hair.

4. Her blonde and red hair is a. an inherited trait b. an acquired trait

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This bull has long horns and a brand. Ranchers brand their cattle with a mark of ownership.

5. Its brand is a. an inherited trait b. an acquired trait6.Its horns are a. an inherited trait b. an acquired trait

7. On Thursday, January 22, 2009, a woman brought a bright green parrot to a soccer game in Wales. Ten minutes into the second-half of the game, the parrot began mimicking the referee’s whistle which confused the players. The referee stopped the soccer match and asked the woman and her parrot to leave. How was the parrot able to whistle like the referee?a.The parrot was born with the instinct to make a sound like the referee’s whistle.b.The parrot’s mother taught it to whistle. c.The parrot learned to imitate the sound of the referee’s whistled.Parrots in the wild whistle to warn other parrots that a predator is approaching.

This is a photo of a pretty East Indian mother with dark skin and brown eyes. Her ears are pierced and her hands are decorated with heena—a plant dye.

8. Which of these physical traits are inherited? a. dark skin b. pierced ears c. brown eyes d. the heena pattern on her hands9. Which ones are acquired physical traits? a. dark skin b. pierced ears c. brown eyes d. the heena pattern on her hands.

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8. Which of these physical traits are inherited? a. dark skin b. pierced ears c. brown eyes d. the heena pattern on her hands9. Which ones are acquired physical traits? a. dark skin b. pierced ears c. brown eyes d. the heena pattern on her hands.

There may be more than one correct answer to questions 8 and 9

This is a photo of a pretty East Indian mother with dark skin and brown eyes. Her ears are pierced and her hands are decorated with heena—a plant dye.

8. Which of these physical traits are inherited? a. dark skin b. pierced ears c. brown eyes d. the heena pattern on her hands9. Which ones are acquired physical traits? a. dark skin b. pierced ears c. brown eyes d. the heena pattern on her hands.

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10. The tattoos on this man’s legs are a. an acquired physical trait b. an inherited physical trait

11. Which of the behaviors on the next picture is an instinct?

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Brightly colored frogs in the rainforests are often poisonous; some are deadly. But most poisonous frogs, simply taste bad. So the first time a predator eats

the brightly-colored frog, it spits it out. From then on, when the predator spots a prey of that color it avoids eating it.

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12. The predator’s avoiding eating a prey of that color is an example of

a. a learned behaviorb. an instinctc. an inherited physical traitd. an acquired physical trait