Animals and Organisms
An _____________ is any living thing, such as a plant or animal.
Organism
Offspring
A bird learning how to hunt insects by watching the other birds in its environment.
Acquired
A pack of wolves all have different fur colors. These differences are called ____________.
A __________ is something that can be observed about an organism, such as color or size.
Trait
_________ are the the instructions in cells that are passed to offspring from parents.
Genes
A bird's feathers, which help it fly away from predators.
Inherited
True or false! Organisms in a species can have variation in their traits.
True
All the living and nonliving things in an area is called the _____________.
Environment
Something that we observe to be the same over and over again, like all birds having beaks, is called a _______________.
Pattern
The thick fur of a wolf that keeps it warm in extremely cold weather.
Inherited
True or false! There is no variation in the traits of organisms of the same species.
False. There is always at least some variation in a species!
True or False! Organisms have traits that are observable, which means we can use our 5 senses to study them.
True
Offspring inherit instructions for each trait from how many parents?
Both (two) parents
A young wolf learning to hunt Elk in groups of 6 wolves.
Acquired
If a group of brown rabbits lives in the snowy mountains, a rabbit born with white fur has a better chance of hiding from predators than the others. This is an example of how a variation in a trait helps an animal __________.
survive/ camouflage, stay safe from predators
Choose any one organism and list 3 of its inherited traits and 2 of its acquired traits.
Ex) Wolf
Inherited: thick fur, sharp teeth, 4 legs
Acquired: Learning how to hunt, gaining a lot of weight
When two organisms share a lot of the same traits this means they are ____________ related.
Closely
Think of any organism! List one inherited trait and one acquired trait.
Inherited trait: Shell
Acquired trait: Spikes on its shell
Explain how even though dogs are all the same species, there can still be variation in their traits.
ex) Dogs can be different sizes, some big or some small. They can also have different color fur.