Vocabulary
A feature that helps identify something
Characteristics
Is eye color a trait you can inherit from your parents?
Yes
If one flower has yellow petals and the other has white petals what color petals could the offspring have?
Yellow or white petals
Information that supports an idea
Evidence
Which characteristic would a mouse inherit from its parents?
a. Brown fur
b. Torn ear
c. Chipped tooth
Brown fur
If a mom dog has a shiny yellow coat but the dad dog has a brown dull coat what kind of coat could the puppy offspring have?
A mixture of a yellow or brown coat and shiny or dull coat
Passed on from parent to offspring
Inherited
What could a child inherit from her parents?
a. scar on her thumb
b. curly hair
c. interest in reading
curly hair
If a kitten has yellow fur and green eyes, who are his parents?
a. brown fur mom orange fur dad, both with green eyes
b. yellow fur mom black fur dad, blue eyes mom green eyes dad
c. black fur mom orange fur dad, green eyes mom brown eyes dad
b. yellow fur mom black fur dad, blue eyes mom green eyes dad
Kitten: yellow fur from mom and green eyes from dad
Trait
A single characteristic of a living thing
A tiger gets its stripes....
a. as it gets older they grow in
b. learned through experience
c. inherited from its parents
Inherited from its parents
What traits would the parents have if their offspring had a long stem and white and pink petals?
Hint: There are 3
Long stem, white petals, pink petals
Variation
Differences among objects or organisms