Why do children often look or act like their parents? Explore the idea of inherited traits — and how we're also shaped by our own choices.
Some features, like eye colour, height tendencies, or the shape of your face, are inherited from your parents — passed down much like how a plant's seed carries traits from the parent plant.
Name one physical feature that is often inherited from a person's parents.
Answers vary — e.g. eye colour, hair type, height tendency, or facial features
While some traits are inherited, a person's skills, interests, and personality are also shaped by their own experiences, effort, and choices — not just by what they got from their parents.
Can a child grow up to have very different interests or skills from their parents, even though they share some physical traits?
Yes — interests, skills, and personality are shaped by a person's own experiences and choices, not only by what is inherited
1. Name one trait that can be inherited from a parent.
2. Are a person's hobbies and interests only determined by what their parents like?
3. Can two siblings from the same parents look or act differently from each other?
4. Name one thing about a person that is shaped more by their own effort than by inheritance.
5. Why might a daughter take up the same profession as her father?