G3_U5L1: How does the environment affect traits?

What are traits?

• features that an organism inherited from its parents.

• features of organism that differ from those of its parents

• features of organism that are more prominent than those of its parents

• features of organism that are less prominent than those of its parents

What cannot affect the plant’s growth and how it looks?

• The light

• The shape of the seeds

• Nutrition

• Temperature

Which plant was likely grown in no light?

• a

• b

What could be the cause of this effect?

• hot temperatures

• nutrients in the soil

• cutting leaves

• too much light

Which environmental factor affects the flowers' colors?

• Fertilizers

• Rain

• Nutrients

  in soil

• Humidity

Why does the leave turn yellow?

• It gets so much nutrition in soil

• It gets too little pesticides

• It gets too little light

• It gets a lot of water

Wild flamingos have dark pink feathers because they eat ___________________.

• 
  pellets

• strawberries

• shrimps

• algae

Which of these is a trait that parents pass on to their offspring?

• the holes drilled into tree trunks by woodpeckers.

• 
  language that a child learns over time

• 
  

  the pink color flamingos get by eating certain food

• 
  fur that grows on a bear's body

_______ is an example of a trait caused by the environment.

• A scar on a person's arm

• The pinkish color of a flamingo

• A hole in a tree created by a woodpecker

• None of these

What are the traits of sunflowers? (more than one answer)

• The roots grow toward the water source

• The flower grows towards the sun

• The leaves grow toward the water source

• The flower is getting too much light