<span>Certainly. Every organism has a variety of different characteristics. One person writing a key might choose to use different characteristics than another person would use.
For example: Here's a key for separating fish, snake, frog and mouse
1.
A. Has scales on its skin ... 2
B. Has no scales on its skin ... 3
2.
A. Breathes with gills - fish
B. Breathes with lungs - snake
3.
A. Has hair or fur - mouse
B. Has no hair or fur - frog
Here's a different key for the same four animals:
1.
A. Has four legs ... 2
B. Does not have 4 legs ... 3
2.
A. is warm-blooded - mouse
B. is cold-blooded - frog
3.
A. has fins - fish
B. has no fins - snake</span>
B. The area's climate
Specific plants need specific climate conditions in order to survive. The other answer choices have little to no impact on the growth of plants.
I think it's the first one: the red fox that inhabits farmlands and forests has a red coat, but it's relative, the kit fox, lives in a desert has a sandy-colored coat
Answer:
A. acquired traits can be passed to offspring.
Explanation:
Mendel tracked the segregation of parental genes and their appearance in the offspring as dominant or recessive traits.
