Traits
What is a trait?
A trait is a characteristic that can be passed down from parents to their offspring.
What trait do polar bears and snowshoe hares share?
Name a type of extinct animal.
Dinosaurs, etc.
Some fawns have more camouflage than others, which helps them survive. True or false?
True.
What environment do ocean fish all share?
The ocean.
Where do most traits come from?
Most traits come from parents.
What rare trait do honey badgers and opossums share?
They are immune to snake venom.
Name a specific extinct species.
Arctodus, etc.
What is one trait that all the lemurs we saw shared?
Why are poison dart frogs poisonous?
They eat poisonous insects.
How does white fur on a tiger in the jungle affect it's survival?
It makes it harder to survive.
What common environment do honey badgers and oppossums share?
They both live most of their lives on the ground.
What helped make dinosaurs go extinct?
An asteroid.
What is one difference between the lemurs?
Mr. Soper will referee.
The environment is the arctic. What kind of camouflage would be best?
White/snow/ice.
Can traits skip a generation?
Yes!
Why do animals in similar environments sometimes have the same traits?
They face similar challenges.
What fraction of animals that have ever existed have gone extinct?
999/1000
All rattlesnakes have the same amount of venom.
False.
Name one reason an animal might have different traits than its siblings OTHER than that all offspring get a mix of traits from their mom and dad.
Their environment is different.
Why don't offspring from the same parents look exactly the same?
They each get a unique mix of traits from each parent.
Why do animals in similar environments sometimes have very different traits?
They face different challenges in the environment.
Why do animals go extinct?
They can't face the challenges in their environment and stop having offspring.
Every honey badger has a different level of immunity to venom.
Two frogs with the same parents will have the same traits. True or false?
False.