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Passed Down, or Picked Up? is a free printable Grade 3 science worksheet on using evidence to tell traits passed down from parents from things learned, aligned to NGSS performance expectation 3-LS3-1. It prints 8 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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Passed Down, or Picked Up?

3-LS3-1

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1.How could you find out whether a behavior is learned?
  • A.See whether animals that were never shown it can still do it
  • B.Weigh the animal
  • C.Ask the animal
2.Young chaffinches raised without hearing other chaffinches sing a simpler song. What does that show?
  • A.The birds were unwell
  • B.Songs are never learned
  • C.Part of the song is learned by hearing other birds
3.A boy has curly hair like his father. Is that inherited or learned?
  • A.Learned from his father
  • B.Inherited
  • C.Learned at school
4.A child speaks the language her family speaks at home. Is that inherited or learned?
  • A.Inherited, like eye color
  • B.Neither
  • C.Learned, from hearing it every day
5.A dog fetches a stick when its owner says "fetch." Is that inherited or learned?
  • A.Learned, through training
  • B.Inherited from its parents
  • C.Neither
6.A girl can ride a bicycle and her baby brother cannot yet. Why?
  • A.Babies are too heavy to ride
  • B.Riding a bicycle is learned by practicing
  • C.She inherited it and he did not
7.Which of these could a dog NOT learn from its owner?
  • A.The color of its coat
  • B.Sitting when told
  • C.Walking beside its owner
8.Seedlings from one plant all have the same leaf shape. Is leaf shape inherited or learned?
  • A.Learned from other plants
  • B.Learned from the sunlight
  • C.Inherited from the parent plant

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Answer key — Passed Down, or Picked Up?

Set 24. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.See whether animals that were never shown it can still do it
  2. 2.Part of the song is learned by hearing other birds
  3. 3.Inherited
  4. 4.Learned, from hearing it every day
  5. 5.Learned, through training
  6. 6.Riding a bicycle is learned by practicing
  7. 7.The color of its coat
  8. 8.Inherited from the parent plant

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to 3-LS3-1 of the Next Generation Science Standards.