Lesson 2 Plant Traits

Features that make an organism unique are called _____.

• offspring

• special

• traits

• freckles

The passing on of traits from parents to young is _____.

• characteristic

• offspring

• heredity

• germination

A flower's red petals are an example of a(n) trait.

• variation

• inherited trait

• germination

A tomato seed will grow into a ____________.

• bean plant

• tomato plant

• sunflower plant

• corn plant

When a seed grows into a plant it most likely will _________.

• look nothing like its parent

• look similar to its parent

• look similar to a rose

• look nothing like a rose

Inherited traits come from ....

• one parent

• both parents

• no parent

What is one way that pine trees might be different from each other?

• They don't look like their parents.

• Some have a different life cycle.

• They don't have the same number of pine needles

Which of these explains a variation in an inherited trait?

• A plant parent with a white flower produces an offspring plant with a yellow flower.

• A parent bush has thorns and the offspring bush has thorns.

• A plant has wilted leaves when it receives less water

• A plant has greener leaves when it is fertilized.

What are three inherited traits of the plant in the picture?

• type of root, flower color, leaf shape

• stem height, depth of soil, flower shape

• leaf shape, flower color, amount of rainfall

• amount of sunshine, leaf shape, type of root

A peach tree has an offspring. Which trait is a variation of an inherited trait from the parent tree?

• height

• leaf shape

• type of fruit

• color of flower