differentiate between inherited traits of plants and animals such as spines on a cactus or shape of a beak and learned behaviors such as an animal learning tricks or a child riding a bicycle
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Fox squirrels live in the trees of city parks throughout Texas. Each spring they build nests of twigs and leaves in the tops of the trees. Fox squirrels are often found near park benches, waiting to be fed by visitors. For fox squirrels, which of these is a learned behavior?
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Having sharp claws
Building a nest each spring
Having a long, bushy tail
Taking food from people
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A scientist observes sea otters using rocks to break open clamshells. Which of these investigations would best help the scientist determine whether this skill is a learned or an inherited behavior?
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Determining what sizes and kinds of rocks are used most often by sea otters
Raising young sea otters away from adult otters that use rocks and observing whether the young otters use rocks
Observing families of sea otters over time to see whether adults that use rocks have offspring that use rocks
Determining whether shellfish are an important food source in the diet of sea otters
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Fox squirrels live in the trees of city parks throughout Texas. Each spring they build nests of twigs and leaves in the tops of the trees. Fox squirrels are often found near park benches, waiting to be fed by visitors. For fox squirrels, which of these is a learned behavior?
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5.10.B: Organisms and Environments
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A scientist observes sea otters using rocks to break open clamshells. Which of these investigations would best help the scientist determine whether this skill is a learned or an inherited behavior?
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5.10.B: Organisms and Environments
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Crayfish live in water and often hide under rocks or plants. They come out to look for food and will eat both plants and animals. Which of these is a trait that a crayfish most likely inherits from its parents?
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5.10.B: Organisms and Environments
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The caterpillars of monarch butterflies eat milkweed leaves. Milkweed leaves contain sap that is toxic to many animals but not to monarch butterfly caterpillars. This sap makes the monarch butterfly caterpillars toxic to predators and protects them from being eaten. Which of these is an inherited trait of monarch butterfly caterpillars?
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5.10.B: Organisms and Environments
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Which of these is a learned behavior of a dog?
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5.10.B: Organisms and Environments
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A farmer keeps bees to pollinate crops. The farmer makes several observations about the bees. Which of these observations describes a learned behavior?
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5.10.B: Organisms and Environments
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A group of students made the observations listed below about the size, shape, and appearance of their hands. Which of the students’ observations describe inherited traits?
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5.10.B: Organisms and Environments
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For a science assignment a student was asked to observe some organisms and then make a table to classify the organisms’ traits as inherited or learned. The student’s table is shown below.
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5.10.B: Organisms and Environments
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Some traits of living organisms are inherited, while some behaviors must be learned. Which statement related to inherited traits or learned behaviors is not correct?
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5.10.B: Organisms and Environments
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A group of students visited a park and collected leaves from many different trees in order to study them. They recorded their observations about the leaves. Which of these observations does NOT describe an inherited trait?
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5.10.B: Organisms and Environments
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Which of these is a behavior that a person learns rather than inherits?
