1. Traits
Vocabulary List 17

2. Trait
A single characteristic of something that helps to define it.

3. Learned
Acquired through experience.

4. Inherited
Passed from parent to offspring during reproduction

5. Instinct
Behavior that you were born with and did not have to learn.

6. Inherited Physical Trait
A physical characteristic that an organism is born with that is passed to the organism from its parents.

7. Acquired Physical Trait
A trait that one is not born with but that is gained due to lifestyle or environment.

8. Inherited Behavior
A behavior that an organism is born with that is passed to the organism from its parents.

9. Learned Behavior
Animal behavior that develops from observation or instruction.

10. Offspring
The child or offshoot from a parent.

11. Generation
All of the organisms within a population that are born and live at about the same time.

12. Heredity
The passing of traits from parent to offspring during reproduction.