Heredity and Traits Lesson
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Kaley Brown
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Traits are characteristics of living things.
Physical traits are things you can see such as hair or eye color.
Behavioral traits describe how a living thing acts or behaves.
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Inherited traits are traits that are passed down from parents to their offspring, or child. This process is called heredity.
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Animals, including humans, don't look exactly like their parents. They get some traits from their mom and some from their dad. This is called a variation of traits.
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Variation also happens with plants. Plants have parents like we do. The pollen from a male plant is carried by either the wind or insects to a female plant, which then produces seeds that grow new plants. These plants won't look exactly like their parent plants.
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Some inherited traits are stronger than others. These traits are more likely to show up in offspring and are called dominant traits.
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Some inherited traits are weaker than others. These traits are less likely to show up in offspring and are called recessive traits.
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Acquired traits are traits that are learned. Things you are good at because you have learned how to do them are acquired traits, like being a good reader or being good at basketball.
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Multiple Choice
What are traits?
characteristics of matter
characteristics of living things
characteristics of a movie
characteristics of a school
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Multiple Choice
What are inherited traits?
traits that are learned
traits that are given to offspring from their grandparents
traits that are passed down from parents to their offspring
traits that are gifted from a stranger
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Multiple Choice
What are acquired traits?
traits that are learned
traits that are given to offspring from their grandparents
traits that are passed down from parents to their offspring
traits that are gifted from a stranger
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What does it mean to have a variation of traits?
Animals and plants will not look exactly like their parents
Animals and plants have a variety of parents that give them their traits
Animals and plants will look exactly like their parents
Animals and plants pass down all their traits to their offspring
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What are dominant traits?
traits that affect how an animal behaves
traits that are weaker than others and less likely to show up in offspring
traits that will always show up in offspring
traits that are stronger than others and more likely to show up in offspring
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Multiple Choice
What are recessive traits?
traits that affect how an animal looks
traits that are weaker than others and less likely to show up in offspring
traits that will always show up in offspring
traits that are stronger than others and more likely to show up in offspring
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What is an example of an inherited trait?
being good at drawing
having red hair
being good at reading
having red shoes
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