Vocabulary
This word means characteristics of an individual that can be inherited from parents.
traits
Most traits that animals have are passed down from these people or animals.
parents
True or False: The environment can influence some traits of living things.
true
The worksheet asks students to list traits that are similar and different between these baby animals.
puppies
Most traits that animals have are passed down to them from what?
their parents
This word means the children of animal parents.
offspring
True or False: Offspring look exactly the same as their parents.
false
A person may have the potential to grow tall, but without proper nutrition this may not happen. This shows that traits can be influenced by this.
environment
This inherited pattern helps a tiger blend into its environment.
stripes
which environmental factor might positively impact a plant’s traits: fertilizer, dry soil, flooding, or too much sunlight.
fertilizer
This word means the process of traits being passed down from parents to offspring.
inherit
A baby animal gets some traits from the mom and some traits from the dad, creating this kind of baby.
unique baby
This trait helps an animal blend in and avoid being seen.
camouflage
according to the worksheet, if a mom and dad are both large, what size do you predict their offspring will be?
large
why a tiger’s pattern of stripes is important.
it helps the tiger camouflage or blend into its environment
This is an animal that eats other animals.
predator
This can happen when a trait shows up in a grandparent, but not in the parent.
a trait skipping a generation
White fur helps arctic animals blend into snow making it hard for this to see them
predators
animals of the same kind share common physical traits. For example, all giraffes have ______ and all birds do ______.
giraffes - long necks
birds - lay eggs
True or false, a white tiger and an orange tiger can be brother and sister.
true
This is a pattern, color, or shape that helps a living thing blend into its environment.
camouflage
Two puppies from the same litter may have different fur color, ear shape, or tail length because each one inherited this.
slightly different traits from the parents
Poison dart frogs are an example used in the lesson because scientists think their poison comes from this.
the insects they eat
How does the position of a baby alligator’s eyes affects survival
see more and detect predators
name one trait they likely got from these people.
teacher will decide