1. Inherited Traits
Living things get or inherit traits, such as, eye color or face shape from their parents.
Heredity is the process through which traits are passed from parents to their offspring
Inherited traits include hair color, height etc

2. Inherited Traits You are born with it!!!! Face shape Hair Color Height
People & Animals
Plants
You are born with it!!!!
Face shape
Hair Color
Height
Blood Type
Ear shape
Freckles
Fur color
They are born with it!!!
Colors of flower
Fruit
Shape of leaves

3. Learned Traits You were NOT born with it!!
People
Animals
How to ride a bike
How to read
How to play basketball
How to sit
How to beg
How to be house-broken
How to roll over

4. Chromosomes Chromosomes are located in the nucleus of the cell
Chromosomes are rod-shaped structures which carry all the traits of an organism.
Human cells have 23 pairs (46) chromosomes.
A child gets one-half his/her chromosomes from his mother and one-half his/her chromosomes from his father.

5. Genes One chromosome can have hundreds of genes on it!
Genes are short pieces of DNA (an acid that has the genetic code)

6. Learned or Inherited Trait?
Shape of a bird’s beak?

7. Learned or Inherited Trait?
A bear hibernates during the winter

8. Learned or inherited Trait?
The size of your shoe?

9. Learned or Inherited Traits?
Shape of a flower?

10. Learned or Inherited Traits?
Ability to Read

11. Learned or Inherited Trait?
Type of food you like to eat?