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  • Spahetti type structure which holds your genes.
    Chromosomes
  • Inherited or Learned- A fish has gills to breathe
    Inherited
  • Joe has long legs, can run fast, can react quickly, and can throw a ball a long distance. Which characteristic is most likely inherited?
    Long legs (height)
  • Inherited or Learned- A horse wears a saddle and briddle and carries a person on its back?
    Learned
  • Genes which are strong and in control.
    Dominant Genes
  • A set of instructions which carries the information that determines your traits.
    Genes
  • A response of an organism to its environment.
    Behaivor
  • Any characteristic or feature of an organism.
    Trait
  • Learned or Inherited- a dog shakes paws with a person
    Learned
  • Behaivors which are inherited from our parents?
    Instinctive Behaivors
  • A characteristic that a living thing gets from its parents
    Inherited Trait
  • Learned or Inherited-A bobcat kitten has a short tail.
    Inherited
  • Inherited or Learned-A cheetach sneaks up on its prey.
    Learned
  • Learned or Inherited-A raccoon digs through trash to find food.
    Learned
  • Behaivors that an organisms gets when it interacts with its environment.
    Learned
  • Learned or Inherited-A fish swims to the top of an aquarium before food is dropped in.
    Learned
  • What our chromosomes and genes are made of. Its a self replicating material which is the carrier of genetic information.
    DNA
  • Genes which are weaker and hide when a dominant gene is around.
    Recessive Genes
  • Learned or Inherited-A snake has a diamond pattern on its back.
    Inherited
  • Learned or Inherited- Chimpanzees use twigs to fish for termites.
    Learned
  • Learned or Inherited-A female kangaroo has a pouch.
    Inherited
  • A characteristic of a living thing that is not inherited.
    Acquired Trait
  • Learned or Inherited-A baby sea turtle goes straight to the ocean after hatching.
    Inherited (Instinctive)
  • Which is an acquired trait of a flower: color of petals, shape of petals, growing tall after fertilizing or shape of leaves
    Growing tall after fertilizing
  • Learned or Inherited- A bird migrates to the same place every year.
    Inherited (Instinctive)
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