Question

If a woodpecker sharpens its beak on a rock to help it drill holes in trees, will its offspring inherit sharper beaks when they are born?
Yes, features that come from interactions with the environment can be inherited.

Yes, the sharpened beak is a useful feature and will be inherited.

No, features that come from interactions with the environment cannot be inherited.

No, the quality of the beak would decrease if it were inherited in its sharpened state.

Answer 1

b

Answer 2

The answer is B because when the woodpecker was born, it was given the beak it had before it sharpened it, which is a trait that can be found in its genes. When the woodpecker sharpened it, he kind of made a physical "alteration", but the original beak it still found in his genes because when he sharpened it, nothing changed genetically. Since the original beak's genes are still in the woodpeckers genes, they will travel to the offspring