Plants Traits
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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 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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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
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Multiple Choice
This grass has a flattened patch by trucks driving on it. What kind of trait is this?
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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)
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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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