Question

_______________ and ________________________________ factors can affect an organism’s traits.

Answer 1

Answer: Genetic makeup and environment

Explanation:

Genetic makeup of an organism is dependent upon the genes inherited from the parents. The genes when express are responsible for the development of specific traits in an organism. The environment is also responsible for contributing to the development of traits in an organism. For example, an organism is able to tolerate the cold environmental conditions and can survive in cold habitat as it has inherited traits from the parents but when exposed to hot environmental conditions then it will adapt to the changes in the environment due to development of heat tolerant trait. Also a person has inherited traits of short height from parents but when provided with nutritious food and performs regular physical activities the person had attained tallness due to environmental factors.