Vocabulary
What is a trait?
A specific characteristic of an individual organism.
Name some of the variations of body size
Small, medium, large
How do traits help organisms survive?
They are specified for their environments, prey, and protection from predators.
What things in your cells are responsible for traits?
Proteins
All traits are helpful in helping an organism survive
false---> mutations
What is a variation of a trait?
any difference in traits between individual organisms
Name some of the variations of silk stickiness
not sticky, sticky
which spider traits would be most beneficial for a blind spider?
flexibility and stickiness.
Define function
what something can do
For most animals their traits have taken 1,000 years to perfect
False, millions
What does inherit mean?
to get something that is passed down
Name some of the variations of silk flexibility
Low, medium, high, none
In an environment that is cold, which type of bristle would be best?
When genes are passed down
Inherit
If a trait is no longer beneficial to the organism, the organism may become extinct.
True
What is a feature?
A characteristic that all members of a species have.
Name some of the variations of bristles?
Dense, Sparse and none
In an environment with large birds, which trait would be best suited for a spider?
Small size
A characteristic that all members of a species have.
Feature
If a trait mutates, it can either be beneficial or harmful
True
Name four of the traits the Darwin spiders posses
Silk flexibility, size, venom, silk flexibility and stickiness, bristle, stripe or body color,
Name some of the variations of venom
none, stuns, kills,
any difference in traits between individual organisms
Variation
Traits only come from your parents.
False, they can skip generations.