Vocabulary
A characteristic passed from parents (or other family members) to offspring
What is: Inherited Trait
Which characteristic can a human inherit?
A Speaking Spanish
B Loving science
C Having blue eyes
D Facial scar
What is: (C) Having blue eyes
Which characteristic is acquired rather than inherited?
A. having naturally straight hair
B. knowing how to breathe
C. blinking
D. riding a bicycle
What is: Riding a bicycle
True or false: The color hair you are born with is an inherited trait
What is: True
All energy in the food chain begins with this
What is: the sun!
A characteristic or behavior that was learned or happened to a living thing after birth
What is: Acquired Trait
Each member of the group must give at least one characteristic that he/she inherited
What is: subject to whoever is answering this question (possible examples: skin color, hair color, eye color, height, nose shape, dimples, curly hair, etc.)
Each member of the group give an example of a characteristic you acquired after birth from either learning or from the environment
Possible answers: scars, writing, reading, sports, riding a bike, playing video games, drawing, etc.
True of false: The length of a giraffe's neck is an inherited trait
What is: true
The process through which a caterpillar transforms into a beautiful butterfly
What is: metamorphosis
An animal's or person's young
What is: offspring
Explain if you can inherit a sunburn.
What is: false. You CANNOT inherit a sunburn. A sunburn is what you acquire after being out the sun for too long. It is caused by the environment and not your genes.
Define an acquired trait
What is: a characteristic or behavior you learn or that happens to you after you are born
True or false: The ability for a dog to sit on command is an inherited trait
What is: False--it is learned
Name the 3 types of consumers and what they eat
Herbivore: Only eat plants
Carnivore: Only eat meat
Omnivore: Eat both plants and animals
Part of DNA that carries information that determines what traits a living thing will inherit
What is: Gene
Why is the ability to swim an inherited trait in a fish but a learned trait in a human being?
What is: The ability to swim is an inherited trait in a fish because a fish needs to be able to swim to survive. Without the ability to swim, they would not be able to breathe. Humans do not need to know how to swim in order to survive because we are born on land and breathe air.
Do you acquire or inherit the language you speak?
What is: you acquire it from your environment
True of false: having two wings is a trait inherited by all species of robins
What is: true
The process that plants use to make their own food
What is: photosynthesis
The length of time for which a person or animal lives or a thing functions
What is: lifespan
Which trait is inherited by all members of the same species?
A. white fur on a dog
B. two wings on a butterfly
C. green eyes on a human being
D. two flowers on a rose plant
What is: two wings on a butterfly
Name at least 5 traits that animals acquire
What is: answers will vary (some examples: chimps learning to sign language, dogs sitting on command, birds learning new tunes, bears choosing their favorite way to hunt, dolphins learning new tricks, etc.)
True or false: Height is an inherited trait
What is: false. It is BOTH. You inherited the gene for height but depending on how well/much you eat, you might not reach your full height
Name the 4 things an organism (living thing) needs to survive
1) food
2) water
3) air
4) shelter