Identify the feature of life that is illustrated by each of the following statements. NOTE: You may use terms other than the cha
racteristics of life! 1. _______________________ “That boy shot up five inches in only one year.”
2. _______________________ “Our cat had a litter of kittens yesterday.”
3. _______________________ “My dog has become much less clumsy now that he is a year old.”
4. _______________________ “Eat a good breakfast and you will be able to run longer.”
5. _______________________ “When that car pulled in the driveway, my cat ran to hide under the porch.”
6. __________________ “That owl’s night vision allows it to see the movement of mice on even the darkest night.”
7. _______________________ “Single-celled organisms live in the pond behind school.”
8. _______________________ Your body normally maintains a temperature of 98.6 O F.
9. _______________________ A giraffe uses its long neck to eat from the high branches of a tree.
10. _______________________ is another name for “living thing.”
one mutated recessive one and one mutated dominant gene
Explanation: These disorders are usually passed on by two carriers. Their health is rarely affected, but they have one mutated gene (recessive gene) and one normal gene (dominant gene) for the condition.
