What's this characteristic?
Height
What's this characteristic?
Eye color
What's this characteristic?
Hair color
What's this characteristic?
Curly hair
True or False? A zebra's black and white stripes are inherited?
True
True or False? Plants don't inherit characteristics like flower color, seed color, height, and seed shape.
False
True or False? Skin color is not an inherited characteristic.
False
True or False? Heredity is the passing of characteristics from parents to offspring?
True
Characteristics are the _____ an organism has. (quantities, qualities)
Qualities
True or False? Competition occurs when two or more living things require the same resources in order to survive.
True
True or False? An advantage is a characteristic that can help an individual organism compete.
True
A _____ is a change in the external environment detected by our senses that leads to a response. (reaction, stimulus)
Stimulus
A ______ is an action by the body that is a direct result of a stimulus. (response, stimulus)
Response
True or False? A stimulus can't be detected by any of your five senses .
False
How might a turtle react if it hears a noise?
Hide in its shell.
An instinct is a behavior that is ______. (learned, inherited)
Inherited
