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Inheritance and Traits—Lesson 3.4 (optional)
Daily Written Reflection
What other traits do you think Wolf 44 could get from its environment?
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Make a drawing if it helps you explain your thinking. Label your drawing.
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Inheritance and Traits—Lesson 3.4
Completing the Celery Investigation
Directions:
1. With your group, observe what happened to the celery in each of
the cups.
2. Record your observations in the table. Don’t forget to record the color
of the water in each cup.
3. Discuss the questions on the bottom of the page and record your
answers.
Cup 1
water color:
Cup 2
water color:
Cup 3
water color:
How did the celery get the trait of being blue-green?
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Can the environment affect inherited traits? Explain your thinking.
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Inheritance and Traits—Lesson 3.4
Reading About Traits
Directions:
1. In Handbook of Traits, locate the organisms listed in Column 1. You can
also choose your own organism to research.
2. Decide whether any of the traits listed for the organism result from both
inheritance and the environment. Record those traits in Column 2.
3. Use information from the text to explain how the organism got its trait.
Record that information in Column 3.
Organism Trait that results from
both inheritance and
the environment
Explain how the organism
got its trait.
Peppered Moth Page:
Snowy Owl Page:
White Willow
Tree
Page:
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