freeCodeCamp/curriculum/challenges/english/07-scientific-computing-with-python/python-for-everybody/objects-inheritance.md

---
id: 5e7b9f170b6c005b0e76f088
title: 'Objects: Inheritance'
challengeType: 11
videoId: FBL3alYrxRM
---

## Description
<section id='description'>

</section>

## Tests
<section id='tests'>

```yml
question:
  text: |
    What is inheritance in object-oriented programming?

  answers:
    - |
        A new class created when a parent class is extended.
    - |
        A constructed instance of a class.
    - |
        The ability to create a new class by extending an existing class.
    - |
        A method that is called at the moment when a class is being used to construct an object.
  solution: 3
```

</section>