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Inherited Traits and Learned Behaviors

3rd Grade · Science · Easy · about 10 minutes

3-LS3-1 | Inherited Traits and Learned Behaviors - Easy level

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Standards referenced

• 3-LS3-1 — Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence that plants and animals have traits inherited from parents and that variation of these traits exists in
• 3-LS3-2 — Use evidence to support the explanation that traits can be influenced by the environment.

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