What Are Traits?

The young creation of living organisms.

• Offspring

• Trait

• Dominant Trait

• Recessive Trait

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

A baby deer is the offspring of its parents

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

NGSS.MS-LS3-1

A specific characteristic of an individual.

• Offspring

• Trait

• Dominant Trait

• Recessive Trait

Traits can be determined by genes, environmental factors or by a combination of both

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

Genes that are more dominant than others

• Offspring

• Trait

• Dominant Trait

• Recessive Trait

A trait that must be contributed by both parents in order to appear

• Offspring

• Trait

• Dominant Trait

• Recessive Trait

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

They help us to predict genetic traits based on dominant and recessive genes

• Punnett Square

• Heredity

• Physical Traits

• Non-Physical Traits

Our parents pass these physical traits to you through your genes.

• Punnett Square

• Heredity

• Physical Traits

• Non-Physical Traits

Eye color is an example of Heredity

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

An organism's physical appearance, characteristics that you can see just by looking at it.

• Punnett Square

• Heredity

• Physical Traits

• Non-Physical Traits

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

NGSS.MS-LS3-1