1. What do you think??? What determines the type of ice cream that you prefer; childhood experience and exposure to the flavor or your inherited traits?

2. Learned or Inherited??? LEARNED Sheep that responds to whistles Monkey that communicates with sign language Cat the prefers wet food to dry food Parrot that speaks Spanish Cows that line up to be milked INHERITED Females bee has a stinger Watermelon that is seedless Peppers that are hot Corn that is blue Cow that gives lots of milk

3. Traits and Heredity Traits are observable characteristics that are passed down from parent to child. An individual’s overall combination of traits makes them unique. An equal number of traits are passed on from each parent.

4. Traits and Heredity Every organism inherits a unique combination of traits. DNA is a set of instructions that specifies the traits of an organism. Variations in the DNA lead to the inheritance of different traits. Inherited trait – an inherited trait is a quality passed directly from parent to offspring Acquired trait – acquired traits develop during the lifetime of an organism; these can be learned traits.