Inherited Traits Acquired Traits

The transfer of traits from one generation to the next.

• Heredity

• Acquired Trait

• Dominant Trait

• Recessive Trait

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A rosebush has thorns. Those thorns are an inherited trait that comes from–

• the parent plants of the rosebush.

• the soil in which the rosebush grows.

• the sunlight absorbed by the rosebush.

• the climate in which the rosebush lives.

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS3-1

Which of these is a trait you can inherit?

• Hair color

• Hate spicy food

• Good at math

• Can walk backwards

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NGSS.MS-LS3-1

NGSS.MS-LS3-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

What is heredity?

• The transfer of traits from one generation to another generation

• A trait that gets hidden

• A trait that hides another

• A learned trait

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

Hitchhiker Thumb

• Physical Inherited

• Physical Acquired

• Behavioral Inherited

• Behavioral Acquired

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NGSS.MS-LS3-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Dimples

• Physical Inherited

• Physical Acquired

• Behavioral Inherited

• Behavioral Acquired

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Good sense of smell

• Physical Inherited

• Physical Acquired

• Behavioral Inherited

• Behavioral Acquired

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NGSS.4-LS1-1

NGSS.4-LS1-2

Butterfly Migration

• Physical Inherited

• Physical Acquired

• Behavioral Inherited

• Behavioral Acquired

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NGSS.MS-LS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Nest Building

• Physical Inherited

• Physical Acquired

• Behavioral Inherited

• Behavioral Acquired

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NGSS.MS-LS1-4

Adaptations (choose two):

• Help organisms survive and reproduce

• Can be acquired (learned)

• Can be physical or behavioral

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NGSS.MS-LS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-4