Traits and Variations

Why do the puppies look different from their mom and dad?

• Puppies of the same litter do not all look the same.

• The puppies look different from their mom and dad because they have inherited traits from both the mom and the dad.

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What are some examples of types of traits?

• They all had long tails and pointed ears and height and hair color in humans.

• eye color, height and hair color in humans. In the puppies, common examples include fur color, ear shape, tail length, size and snout length

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Why might different species in the same environment share some traits?

• Different species in the same environment might have similar challenges in surviving. For example, white fur on polar bears and white fur on arctic bunnies helps both of them blend into the snow.

• Different species in the same environment might have different challenges in jumping. For example, white fur on dogs and white fur on arctic cats helps both of them blend into the sand.

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Which of these environmental factors might positively impact a plant’s traits?

• fertilizer

• dry soil

• flooding

• too much sunlight

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Traits that are passed along through generations of family members include which of these?

• eye color

• hair color

• nose shape

• all of the above

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Characteristics of an individual that can be inherited from parents

• Traits

• predator

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What were some of the differences between the individual lemurs?

• The different lemurs had differences in fur color and patterns.

• One had a different color fur on its head

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Which are examples of variation in traits between different lemurs?

• fur color

• size

• difference between male and female

• all of the above

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Which trait was passed from the mom to the puppy?

• brown fur

• ears that stick up

• large size

• none of the above

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What are some different traits between the individual puppies?

• fur color

• size

• length of snout

• all of the above

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