INHERITANCE OF

TRAITS
GRADE 6
UNIT 4 | CONCEPT 4.1 | LESSON 3
INHERITANCE OF TRAITS IN LIVING
ORGANISMS

All Living Organisms gene

inherits traits which transfer

from parents to their
gene
offspring

DNA trait
EXAMPLE OF INHERITANCE
TRAITS
IN HUMAN:

eye color nose shape

EXAMPLE OF INHERITANCE
TRAITS
IN ANIMALS:

fur colour fur length

EXAMPLE OF INHERITANCE
TRAITS
IN PLANTS:

plant’s plant’s shape

length of leaves
 INHERITANCE OF TRAITS IN
LIVING ORGANISMS

These inherited traits

affect structure of living
organism and their life.
Genetic Factors control which traits
gets passed down or inherited from
Parent to Offspring
 IN ANIMALS:

BIRMAN
CAT
• It has long, silky hair with
different colours.
• A BIRMAN CAT inherits its long,
silky hair from its parents.
 IN ANIMALS:

SPHYNX
CAT
• It doesn’t have any hair or may
have only very fine hair.
• A SPHYNX CAT inherits its
hairless body from its parents.
 IN ANIMALS:

BIRMAN
CAT
It has long, silky hair with
different colour.
A BIRMAN CAT inherits its
long, silky hair from its parents.
SPHYNX
CAT
It doesn’t have any hair or may
have only very fine hair.
A SPHYNX CAT inherits its
hairless body from its parents.
 REFLECTION QUESTION
GIVE REASON
Question:
Although Birman and Sphynx are both cats, there is no
sphinx cat that has long hair like that of the Birman Cat?

Answer:
Because Sphynx Cat doesn’t have GENETIC
FACTORS for long hair which is found in Birman Cat
 PLANTS IN THE DESERT

Inherited traits help plants in deserts

adapted to survive in extreme
conditions of
desert such as the very hot weather
and very little rainfall.
 PLANTS IN THE DESERT

So, each generation of plants

becomes more stronger and able to
adapt due to inherited traits which
transfer from parent plants to their
offspring.
 FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE HUMAN
GROWTH AND BEHAVIOR DEVELOPMENT

The GENETIC factors, LIFESTYLE choices,

ENVIRONMENTAL factors affect the behaviors,
structure and the growth of living organisms.
ACTORS THAT INFLUENCE HUMAN GROWTH
AND HEALTH BEHAVIOR DEVELOPMENT

LIFESTYLE
CHOICES:
Your lifestyle choices affect your
health, where your lifestyle depends
ON your habits.
ACTORS THAT INFLUENCE HUMAN GROWTH
AND HEALTH BEHAVIOR DEVELOPMENT
LIFESTYLE
CHOICES:
BAD HABITS like smoking and eating a
diet full of chips and soda will negatively
affect and harm your health and your
growth.
ACTORS THAT INFLUENCE HUMAN GROWTH
AND HEALTH BEHAVIOR DEVELOPMENT
LIFESTYLE
CHOICES:
GOOD HABITS like eating a healthy
food and doing exercises play an
important role in your growth and
develop your health and behaviors.
ACTORS THAT INFLUENCE HUMAN GROWTH
AND HEALTH BEHAVIOR DEVELOPMENT

ENVIRONMENTAL
FACTORS
Environmental factors that affect our
health are outside factors which we
might not have the ability to control.
FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE HUMAN GROWTH
AND HEALTH BEHAVIOR DEVELOPMENT

ENVIRONMENTAL
FACROTS
If your environment is healthy and clean, it will positively
affect your health and your growth.
ACTORS THAT INFLUENCE HUMAN GROWTH
AND HEALTH BEHAVIOR DEVELOPMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL
YOUR HEALTH AND
FACROTS
GROWTH WILL BE NEGATIVELY AFFECTED, IF
THERE ARE SOME problems in your environment, such as:
• Health care is not available.
• Water may be far away or unsafe to drink.
• Difficulty to obtain food.
• Sanitation service is not available, that
causes spreading of different diseases.
FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE HUMAN GROWTH
AND HEALTH BEHAVIOR DEVELOPMENT

GENETIC
FACTORS
GENES are tiny structures which
found in the nucleus of cells of
living organisms
ACTORS THAT INFLUENCE HUMAN GROWTH
AND HEALTH BEHAVIOR DEVELOPMENT

GENETIC
FACTORS
GENETIC FACTORS AFFECT
YOUR BODY STRUCTURE AS
YOU CAN OBSERVE THAT YOUR
hair color or eye color are like your
parents.
FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE HUMAN GROWTH
AND HEALTH BEHAVIOR DEVELOPMENT

GENETIC
FACTORS
GENETIC FACTORS CONTROL
THE TRANSFER OF
INHERITED TRAITS FROM
PARENTS TO
ACTORS THAT INFLUENCE HUMAN GROWTH
AND HEALTH BEHAVIOR DEVELOPMENT

GENETIC
FACTORS
Genes carry inherited traits from parents to offspring, so genes are responsible for
determining the body features such as:
• The way your earlobes hang.
• The length of your fingers.
• How tall you.
 The GENETIC factors,
LIFESTYLE choices,
ENVIRONMENTAL
factors affect the
behaviors,
structure and the growth of
living organisms.