Lesson 7 Traits of Living Things

Directions: Read the following information.

1. Give an example of a trait that you inherited.

2. Give an example of a characteristic you learned.

3. Explain if you can inherit a suntan

4. Why is the ability to swim an inherited trait in a fish but a learned trait in human being?

5. If a dog's owner cut its long fur very short, would the dog's puppies have very short fur, too? Explain.

6. Choose a living thing. Explain what traits all members of that king of living thing share. Then explain what traits might be different in offspring born to different parents.

7. List one way all of the cats in the picture are alike.

8. List one way the cats in the picture are different.

9. List three traits that are inherited by all members of the cat species.