Acquired vs Inherited Traits Characteristics Traits A characteristic
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Acquired vs. Inherited Traits
Characteristics = Traits A characteristic of an organism may be inherited or acquired. You are a unique individual. Characteristics about you are called traits. Examples: Eye color, basketball skills
Inherited Traits Received from your biological parents Examples: natural eye color, hair color, height, blood type.
Acquired Traits Developed during life (not born with it) Examples Things you learned (riding a bike, reading, writing) Things that happened to you (short hair, cut-off finger)
Acquired traits end with you! CANNOT pass on acquired traits to offspring NOT in DNA/genes! Example: Your kids won’t be born with a missing arm if you cut off your arm first!
Some traits are both! Skin color is a combination trait Inherited part: Receive genes for skin color from parents. Acquired part: Amount of time in the sun determines level of tan.
Let’s Practice! Take out a sheet of notebook paper and number it 1 -12. For each example, write down whether you think the trait is acquired or inherited. Think: “Was this organism programmed from birth to have this trait? ”
Example: Dimples Is this an acquired trait or an inherited trait?
Dimples – Inherited Trait! This child has genes from her parents that gives her dimples.
Number 1 Someone is bilingual.
Number 2 You know how to swim.
Number 3 You have a hitchhiker’s thumb.
Number 4 A man is blind from a firework accident.
Number 5 Sarah can roll her tongue.
Number 6 You have calluses on your feet.
Number 7 A pea plant has purple flowers.
Number 8 Captain Kirk can make the vulcan hand sign.
Number 9 Harry has a scar on his head.
Number 10 Sam has a birthmark on his back.
Number 11 A bush has trimmed limbs.
Number 12 Kilam is very good at basketball.
- Inherited vs acquired traits
- Inherited and acquired traits
- Inherited vs acquired traits
- Acquired trait
- How do offspring inherit traits
- Inherited traits of flowers
- What inherited traits do elephants have
- What is a inherited trait
- Inherited traits are brainpop
- How are inherited traits different from learned behaviors
- Examples of learned traits
- Acquired physical traits
- Acquired traits in animals
- Acquired physical traits
- Example of abiotic factor
- Acquired traits examples
- Acquired trait
- Tiger acquired traits
- Hydrop fetalis
- Homocigoto dominante
- Genotype of type o blood
- An unchanging, biologically inherited behavior pattern.