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Born With It, or Learned? is a free printable Grade 3 science worksheet on telling inherited traits from characteristics learned from the surroundings, aligned to NGSS performance expectation 3-LS3-2. It prints 3 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two students in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.

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Born With It, or Learned?

3-LS3-2

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Sort each one into inherited or learned.

1.Sort each one: Inherited from its parents or Learned from its surroundings?

Sort: The color of a child's eyes, A dog sitting when it is told to, A zebra's stripes, A parrot copying words it hears

Inherited from its parentsLearned from its surroundings
2.Sort each one: Inherited from its parents or Learned from its surroundings?

Sort: The shape of a finch's beak, The six legs of a beetle, A young songbird singing the song of its area, A chimpanzee using a stick to fish for termites

Inherited from its parentsLearned from its surroundings
3.Sort each one: Inherited from its parents or Learned from its surroundings?

Sort: A horse jumping fences after training, The spines on a cactus, A child reading a book, The shape of an oak tree's leaves

Inherited from its parentsLearned from its surroundings

LessonPrint · 3-LS3-2 · Set 18 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — Born With It, or Learned?

Set 18. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. A dog sitting when it is told to — Learned from its surroundings 2. A parrot copying words it hears — Learned from its surroundings 3. A zebra's stripes — Inherited from its parents 4. The color of a child's eyes — Inherited from its parents
  2. 2.1. A chimpanzee using a stick to fish for termites — Learned from its surroundings 2. A young songbird singing the song of its area — Learned from its surroundings 3. The shape of a finch's beak — Inherited from its parents 4. The six legs of a beetle — Inherited from its parents
  3. 3.1. A child reading a book — Learned from its surroundings 2. A horse jumping fences after training — Learned from its surroundings 3. The shape of an oak tree's leaves — Inherited from its parents 4. The spines on a cactus — Inherited from its parents

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to 3-LS3-2 of the Next Generation Science Standards.