Grade 1 study

What is a trait in a living thing?

A trait is something you can notice about a living thing, like color, size, or shape. Traits help you describe plants and animals.

What does it mean to inherit a trait?

Some traits are passed from parents to their babies.. Baby animals often share a parent's look, like fur color. That is inheriting a trait.

Is this true? Offspring are not the babies of a plant or animal.

No. Offspring are the babies of a plant or animal. Chicks are a hen's offspring. A seed can grow into a new plant that is the parent plant's offspring.

Why do animals of the same kind look a little different from each other?

Animals of the same kind still look a little different. Ladybugs are all ladybugs, but some are bigger, some are redder, and some have more spots. Those little differences are called variation.

How do parent plants pass traits to their seeds?

A seed comes from a parent plant.. Plant a seed from a tomato plant. You can expect tomatoes, not oranges.

Is this true? Baby animals look like their parents because they get traits from them.

Yes. Kittens look like the cats, but each kitten's spots can be different.

Match each prompt to its fact.

What is a trait in a living thing? → A trait is something you can notice about a living thing, like color, size, or shape.; What does it mean to inherit a trait? → Some traits are passed from parents to their babies.; What is an offspring? → Offspring are the babies of a plant or animal.; Why do animals of the same kind look a li… → Animals of the same kind still look a little different.

Put these ideas in lesson order.

trait → inherit → offspring → variation