
Plants Traits
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3rd Grade
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Emily Fellin
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7 Slides • 9 Questions
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Plant Traits
I will be able to explain that plants inherit traits from their parents and variations or differences can happen in plants.
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Time to Think
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Open Ended
What are some traits that this flower may have inherited from their parents?
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Traits in Planets
Have you ever walked through a garden and noticed that plants come in all different shapes, colors, and sizes? Plants also inherit traits from their parents. Plants can inherit the color of prestos on a flower, the stem length, root type, and the shape of leaves on a plant. Plants can also inherited what the seed looks like. All of these traits are inherited from their parents.
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Multiple Select
What traits can plants inherit? Mark all that apply. (3)
color of petal
where it is planted
stem size
shape of leaf
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Traits in Plants
There are also variations in plant traits. Even though you have plants which are the same species, they have variations just like animals and humans.
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Traits in Plants
Plants also have variations in their inherited traits too. Even though you have plants which are the same species, they have variations just like animals and humans. In this picture, you can see that the same species of flower, a tulip, can come in many different colors. How many different colors can you see?
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Fill in the Blanks
Can plants have variations in inherited traits?
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Environment Variation
Variation can also be caused by the environment. For example, the photo are bushes shaped to look like a family of elephants. Humans had an affect on these bushes by choosing to have them cut to look like this.
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Multiple Choice
How can the environment affect plants?
change the shape of plants
what color they are
their root size
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Multiple Choice
This grass has a flattened patch by trucks driving on it. What kind of trait is this?
Environmental trait
Inherited trait
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Cactus Species
Look at the photo to the right. Both of these plants belong to the cactus family and grow in the desert ecosystem. Answer the following questions about the two cacti.
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Open Ended
What inherited traits can you identify?
Remember inherited traits are passed down from parents to offspring.
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Multiple Select
Select the similarities between the cacti. Mark all that apply. (2)
same number of arms
both are green
same height
both having spikes
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Multiple Select
What are some variations in traits? Mark all that apply. (2)
different shape bodies
one plant is taller
same shade of green
grow in different ecosystems
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Fill in the Blanks
True or False:
A plant inherits traits from their parents. Some of these traits can include color of petal, stem length, root type, the shape of leaves on a plant.
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Plant Traits
I will be able to explain that plants inherit traits from their parents and variations or differences can happen in plants.
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