Introduction to Heredity
Explore the basics of heredity, learning how traits are passed from parents to offspring in living things.
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Introduction to Heredity
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Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability. This worksheet will help you understand how living things get their traits from their parents.
1. What is the process called when traits are passed from parents to their children?
Growth
Heredity
Eating
Playing
2. Which of these is an inherited trait?
Riding a bike
Eye color
Learning to read
Playing a game
3. The color of your hair is an example of a .
4. All living things inherit traits from their .
5. You can change your eye color by practicing every day.
True
False
6. A baby bird will have wings because its parents had wings.
True
False
7. Give two examples of traits you might inherit from your parents.
8. Explain in your own words what heredity means.