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Which of these characteristics of five year old Eric is most likely a result of environment rather than heredity?
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What is a heritable trait?
Characteristics passed down from parents to child. (eg. Blue eyes) Rather than traits learned from their environment (eg. learning to cycle) So definition= 'Heredity is the passing of traits from parents to offspring'
Is often easier to determine if an object or organism possesses the characteristics of life rather than life itself?
True
What qualitative observation mean?
Making an observation of somthing based on its characteristics rather than a number. For example: The rock was hard NONEXAMPLE:There were five rocks
How is water purified by the forests?
Rather simplified: The trees take up water (and nutrients) from the soil through their roots. Then, by a process known as transpiration (in which plants release water vapour from their leaves during photosynthesis), water vapour is released from the leaves. This is likely to create a localised climate and create the wet environment of a rain forest.
How did the the Freshwater Aquatic Biome get its name?
The word aquatic refers to the fact that the biome is in water. It is a freshwater environment, rather than a saltwater one.
What is the transmission of characteristics from parents to offspring?
heribable
What are the physical characteristics of species that allow them to live successfully in their environment?
That depends on the animal and the environment. Each animal has its own set of characteristics which suit it to its environment. For example, a dolphin has certain characteristics which make it well suited to live in the ocean, rather than on land. Similarly, a gorilla has certain characteristics which make it well suited to live on land rather than in the sea.
What is a heritable trait?
Characteristics passed down from parents to child. (eg. Blue eyes) Rather than traits learned from their environment (eg. learning to cycle) So definition= 'Heredity is the passing of traits from parents to offspring'
Another name for characteristics?
* features - most similar to characteristics, tends a bit toward things something can do * properties - usually used to designate the physical and chemical characteristics of some material * qualities - tends toward the characteristics something must have rather than is just likely to have
What role of environment and heredity to intelligence?
Heredity can affect intelligence because of factors such as socioeconomic status of the family, intelligence of the parents, the ethnicity, gender and education. This does not imply that children who come from lower socio-economic status must necessarily have a lower intelligence, rather that it is a factor when intelligence is developing.
What is the difference between industrial organisation model and reosurce based model?
The I O Model sugges that above average returns for any firm are largely determined by characteristics outside the firm The I O Model largely focuses on industry structure or the attractiveness of the extenal environment rather than on the firms internal characteristics
Dominant traits in terms of heredity?
when a dominant trait combines with a recessive trait the dominant one is expressed in the offspring. Aa AA Aa AA aA AA The Aa represents or rather expresses the dominant trait.
Why are you more likely to use compounds of the alkali metals and halogens rather than the elements themselves?
These elements in pure form are extremely reactive. It is hard to create and maintain the pure environment necessary to maintain their purity.
What is the advantage of growing plants asexually rather than from seeds?
asexualy means they will be a clone of their parents rather than inheriting their characteristics \
Why is it better for the environment if you burn hydrogen rather than petrol?
It's not
Why is it incorrect to say that an organism adapted to its environment?
Organisms don't adapt to their environments, rather, the environment selects for the better traits.
What is the tense of is likely?
The word "likely" is an adverb rather than a verb and so doesn't have a tense.
