Inherited and Acquired Traits How are Offspring Like

Inherited and Acquired Traits

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Compare and Contrast. Describe ways that they young tiger cub and its parent are alike and different.

Inherited Traits Offspring inherit certain traits from their parents. An inherited trait is a characteristic that is passed from parents to offspring.

For example: *Eye color and hair color. *A flower’s color or shape. *The number of arms and legs you have.

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Acquired Traits An acquired trait is a trait that an animal, plant or person develops through interactions in their environment. Pierced ears Leaves turned brown Scars on a manatee

Can you identify the acquired traits and the inherited traits?

Acquired or Inherited? An oak tree has leaves that look similar to other oak trees. Inherited trait

Acquired or Inherited? A person has green eyes. Inherited trait

Acquired or Inherited? A mouse with a cut tail. Acquired trait

Acquired or Inherited? A brown calf has brown parents. Inherited trait

Acquired or Inherited? A fish has gills to breathe underwater. Inherited trait

Acquired or Inherited? A tree bent due to the harsh wind blowing. Acquired trait

Acquired or Inherited? A shark has scars. Acquired trait

Acquired or Inherited? A plant has growths from insect bites. Acquired trait

Now its your turn…. Let’s make an Inherited Traits Chart & Acquired Traits Chart. You will need 1 sheet of plain white paper.

Now its your turn…. Write Inherited Traits on one side of your paper in the center. Put a circle around it.

Now its your turn…. Turn your paper over. Write Acquired Traits on the other side of your paper in the center. Put a circle around it.

Your paper should look like this…. Inherited Traits

The back of your paper should look like this…. Acquired Traits

Now its your turn…. Now you will write at least 3 or more things for each side. Write it neatly. Draw a circle or oval around each one and connect it with a line to the circle in the middle.

For example your paper should look like this…. Inherited Traits Eye color

The back of your paper should look like this…. Acquired traits Pierced Ears

Now its your turn…. You may work on this within your group. You have 10 minutes.

Exit Ticket

• Explain the difference between an inherited and acquired trait. • Give one example of each. Your exit ticket will look like. Answer the question and give examples.