9Aa Inherited characteristics

Name ___________________________ Class ____________

1 Complete these sentences using words from the box.

Your __ h __ __ __ __ t __ __ __ __ t __ __ __ describe
characteristics
what you look like.
colour
Some of your characteristics are:
curly
· the c __ __ __ __ __ of your eyes
hair
· your __ k __ __ colour
inherited
· how __ __ r __ __ your hair is
parents
· the colour of your h __ __ __
similar

Differences in characteristics are called skin

__ __ r __ __ __ __ __ n . variation

You get some of your characteristics from your parents.

This is called __ n __ __ __ __ t __ __ variation. Children are __ i __ __ __ __ r

but not identical in their __ __ r e __ __ __ .

2 There is variation in plants too.

Match up these different characteristics of roses. One has been done for you.

thorns climbs walls

big flowers no thorns

grows straight up from the ground white flowers

red flowers small flowers

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