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Gizmos Student Exploration - Inheritance > ALL ANSWERED

Gizmos Student Exploration - Inheritance > ALL ANSWERED Student Exploration: Inheritance Vocabulary: acquired trait, asexual reproduction, clone, codominant traits, dominant trait, offspring, recessive trait, sexual reproduction, trait Prior Knowledge Questions (Do these BEFORE using the Gizmo.) 1. How are you similar to your parents? I have around the same height, body structure, weight gradient, eye shape/color, hair color and many other traits. How are you different? I have a different personality, shoe size, mouth structure/size, teeth shape and placement, and skin color. 2. A trait is a characteristic. Think about your physical traits (eye color, skin tone, height, hair, face, allergies, etc.) What traits do you think you inherited, or received, from your parents? I inherited all my traits from my parents, except those dictated by the environment such as mood and food consumption. Gizmo Warm-up In the Inheritance Gizmo™ you can create and breed aliens on an imaginary planet. Select Asexual reproduction. During asexual reproduction, a single parent produces offspring (children). 1. Click Create alien and create your own alien. Describe its traits in the Parent row of the table: Alien Body type Skin Color Antenna shape Tattoo Parent Medium Green Straight None Offspring Medium Green Straight None 2. Drag the parent over to the Parent 1 space and press Reproduce. Fill in the Offspring traits on the table above. What traits appear to be inherited from the parent? All the prevalent traits measured seems to be have inherited from his/her parents. Because this offspring inherits its traits from one parent, it is called a clone.