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Grade 3 Science · Life Science

Inheritance and traits

Sort traits by where they come from: parents, the environment or learning.

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Where does this trait come from?
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Assumptions

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A trait is something about a living thing you can observe.
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Some traits come from parents. Some come from where it lives.
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Young plants and animals resemble their parents

More problem types

Fur colors in a litter
Use this to graph a litter’s fur colors and see the variation.
Traits the environment changes
Use this for “Two bean plants share a parent. The watered one is 32 cm, the dry one 14 cm. How much taller is it?”
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