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- Animals of the same type are not exactly alike.
- Animals have differences and similarities called traits.
- These traits help them survive in their environment.
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Do you have a brother or sister? In what ways do you look different? ANSWERYour brother or sister might be taller or shorter. You may have different hair color or eye color. Maybe one of you has freckles and the other one does not. These differences are called traits.
Dogs have four legs, fur and a tail. They also have two eyes, two ears and a nose that can smell really well.
Not all the babies look the same. They often have different-colored fur or different patterns on their fur. Sometimes they have different-colored eyes.
Alligators have a lot of sharp teeth, long tails that help them swim and thick scaly skin. They also have a long snout and two eyes on the top of their head.
People have two eyes, two ears, two arms, two legs, hair on their heads, a nose and a mouth. People have differences such as eye color, hair color or height. Even the shape of your nose is a trait.
After Video
What are some traits you can think of?ANSWERThings like eye color, hair color and height are examples of traits we can easily see.
The bunnies may have some traits from the mom and some from the dad. Most of the bunnies have traits from both parents.
Chameleons all have scales on their skin. They also have tails, two eyes, a sticky tongue and they walk on all fours.
Their scales might be different colors or they could have different patterns. Their tails also might be different lengths. Some chameleons are bigger than others.
Monkeys all have long tails that help them hang from trees. They all have two eyes, fur and opposable thumbs to help them grab things.
Their fur color and eye color might be different. The size of their teeth might be different, too. Monkeys of the same kind can have small differences in the shape of their noses and chins.
- Vocabulary
- Parents DEFINE
The mom and dad of a living thing.
- Offspring DEFINE
The babies of animals.
- Traits DEFINE
Features of an individual that can be passed down from parents to kids.
- Survive DEFINE
To stay alive.
- Similarities DEFINE
Things that are the same.
- Differences DEFINE
Things that are different.
- Vary DEFINE
To be different in some specific way.
- Parents DEFINE
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