The correct option is BY CONDUCTING EXPERIMENTS THAT EXPOSE THEIR PROPERTIES.
Scientific investigations are always ongoing in all parts of the world, scientists strive to build on existing knowledge by carrying out more experiments that are targeted at obtaining more information above that which is already known.
It can be passed down heck anything can be passed down it all has to do with your parent's genes
Energy is started from the sun, with 100 percent of the energy given to plants. when the plants are eaten, only 10% of that energy is given to the animal, like a rabbit. When the rabbit is eaten by a larger predator, only 10% is given of the rabbits energy. This continues, so to find the amount of energy within a certain organism you would need to calculate 10% from each original source of energy