What is a trait?
Do offspring (children) look exactly like their parents?
Will multiple offspring (children) from the same parents look the same?
Do all the individual animals of the same type look the same?

Why do the puppies look different from their mom and dad?
What are some examples of types of traits?

What were some of the similarities between the individual lemurs?
What were some of the differences between the individual lemurs?
Polar Bear
Arctic Bunny
Why might different species in the same environment share some traits?
Match the vocabulary word with the correct definition on the right.
| Stavka koja se može prevući | arrow_right_alt | Odgovarajuća stavka |
|---|---|---|
Inherit | arrow_right_alt | Characteristics of an individual that can be inherited from parents. |
Camouflage | arrow_right_alt | The children of animal parents (that includes humans too!) |
Offspring | arrow_right_alt | The process of traits being passed down from parents to offspring. |
Prey | arrow_right_alt | An animal that eats other animals. |
Traits | arrow_right_alt | An animal that is eaten by other animals. |
Predator | arrow_right_alt | A pattern, color or shape that helps a living thing blend into its environment. It is usually used to help prey avoid predators or for predators not to be seen by prey. |
Most traits that animals have are passed down to them from what?
True or false: the environment can also influence traits of living things.
If a mom and dad are both large, what size do you predict their offspring will be?
Which of these environmental factors might positively impact a plant’s traits?
Why is a tiger’s pattern of stripes important?
True or false: a white tiger and an orange tiger can be brother and sister.
What is one trait that you likely inherited from your parents?