The passing from parent to offspring

The continuation of life

The young of an organism

Body parts that help a species to survive

A certain group of plants or animals that can only reproduce among themselves

Behaviors inherited from a parent organism

Name 2 instincts or inherited behaviors of an infant

Name three traits a dog inherits from its parent organism

If you take a kitten who has been raised indoors were to be put outside, why would it still know how to hunt its own food?

Actions and behaviors that are learned through trial and error or are brought about by the environment

A lizard can have snake babies if its fed the right diet

A lion and tiger can be bred together into a new organism

Sometimes the grandparents of a species can be the reason a certain trait has been passed on to the offspring

The tail of a rat is a specialized structure that helps it keep its balance when climbing or walking across narrow surfaces

If two parents keep having offspring together, eventually they will have two offspring that look and act exactly alike

a characteristic that determines how an organism looks, acts, or functions

differences in the appearance of an inherited trait among the members of a species

a trait that's passed from parent to offspring

How would a dog breeder make sure that every puppy he raises looks like a perfect little Cocker Spaniel?

Name two behaviors that a dog could gain from its environment that are not inherited from its parents

The advantage monkeys are given by their feet

Name an animal and give 2 specialized structures of that organism

Name 3 of the 9 functions of specialized structures we discussed

How is it that a tadpole is the offspring of a frong when their specialized structures are so different from one another?

Three specialized structures a deer has that help it survive against predators

Heredity

survival

offspring

specialized structures

species

instincts

crying, eating, going potty, sleeping

fur color/type, barking, growling, shape of body, etc.

instinct

learned behaviors

False

True

True

True

False

trait

variations

inherited

Make sure the mother and father are both Cocker Spaniels

learning tricks, responding to its name, coming at meal times, fetching, etc

good climbers

answers will vary

temperature control, defense against parasites, defense against poisonous plants, defense against sunburn, defense against predators, warning to predators, mimicry, camouflage, deceiving predators, attraction of a mate

The tadpole will look like the adult frog by the end of its life cycle

fast, quiet, blends into environment, good hearing