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Inherited Traits
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Inherited Traits | characteristic passed from parents to their offspring |
| Examples of Inherited Traits | skin color, hair color, shapes of facial features, earlobe shape, tone of voice, ability to roll your tongue |
| Dominant Trait | Strong trait. Only need one factor to be a dominant. |
| Examples of Dominant Traits | Brown eyes, dark hair, curly hair, dimples, and freckles |
| Recessive Trait | Weak Trait - Only appears if an organism has two recessive factors for the trait. |
| Examples of Recessive Traits | Blue eyes, green eyes, blonde hair, red hair, |
| Acquired characteristic | a feature of a living thing that is caused by its environment |
| Instinct | Behaviors that animals know how to do without being taught |
| Migration | Moving from certain types of weather during different seasons. |
| learned behaviors | Things that can be learned and are not insticts. |
| Examples of Instincts | birds nesting, breathing, baby crying, bees getting nectar, herding with certain animals, barking |
| Hibernation | a long period of inactivity that some animals do. |