4.L.5A.4: animal traits

characteristics of organisms are passed from parents to their offspring

• environmental

• metamorphosis

• life cycle

• inherited

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

example of inherited animal characteristic:

• body color

• number of legs

• change color in winter

• finding food

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

example of inherited animal characteristic:

• running from a predator

• learn to dig for food

• change color in winter

• beak shape

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

temperature, nutrition, exposure to sunlight, disease, injury and living conditions

• inherited traits

• heredity

• environmental factors

• learned behaviors

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

Traits influenced by the environment change the organism into another kind of organism.

• true

• false

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Animals may experience a change in fur thickness in response to ________________

• amount of sunlight

• temperature changes

• rain and storms

• amount of food available

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

Animals’ coats may also change color in response to ________________

• amount of sunlight

• seasons

• rain and storms

• amount of food available

limited food may make animals ...

• weak and small

• strong and large

• shy and hibernating

• friendly and good pets

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

an animal with a scar probably...

• inherited it from a parent

• learned it from another animal

• had an injury

• eats more than others