Traits and Characteristics

A quality that is inherited

• Trait

• characteristic

• heredity

• DNA

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

To gain ownership of something with your own actions

• environment

• characteristic

• Acquire

• adaptation

A distinguishing quality or feature that someone or something has

• trait

• heredity

• adaptation

• characteristic

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

The chemical found in cells that carries genetic information

• DNA

• heredity

• environment

• trait

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

The conditions surrounding a living thing that affect its life

• trait

• characteristic

• environment

• DNA

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

The passing of genetic traits from parents to children

• adaptation

• characteristics

• heredity

• trait

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-2