Inheritance and Traits

As a scientific investigator it is important to be sure that your explanations

• Come from a computer

• Support your evidence

• Come from other scientists

• Come from a book

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Who do children inherit traits from?

• mother only

• father only

• both parents

• neither parents

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Which is not an inherited trait?

• color of fur

• height

• speaking a language

• eye color

The color of your eyes, skin, and hair are examples of...

• inherited traits

• environmental traits

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Swinging on Monkey Bars

• Learned

• Inherited

What is a living thing such as a plant or an animal called?

• Species

• Organism

• Cell

• Variation

A group of organisms that are closely related to each other?

• Species

• Organism

• Evidence

• Trait

Information that supports an answer to a question is know as?

• Species

• Organism

• Evidence

• Trait

Differences?

• Variation

• Organism

• Evidence

• investigation

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When you try to learn more about something it is called an?

• Variation

• Trait

• Evidence

• investigation