It's all in the genes - inheritance and variation of traits

Blue-eyed vs brown-eyed puffer fish? Brown Labrador vs golden ones? What determines characteristics of animals? MightyOwl explains the difference between learned, physical and environmental traits in various animals.

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Understand that inheriting a characteristic means to receive something from a parent or an ancestor
Understand that a learned trait is something that a parent animal teaches its young
Understand that inherited traits are physical traits
Understand that a physical trait is a defining feature or characteristic of the way something looks
Understand that environmentally influenced traits are traits that are influenced by the environment that a plant or animal lives in
Learn that migration is the seasonal movement of animals from one parent to another

It's all in the genes - inheritance and variation of traits

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Life cycles and traits - 3rd grade