Question

3. You have a plant with yellow flowers and a tall stem. However, it is wilted because you forgot to water it. Identify which of the described traits of the plant is/are example(s) of those determined by heredity and those determined by the environment. Please help quickly.

Answer 1

hereditary: tall and yellow
environment: wilted

Answer 2

Heredity: flower color (yellow) and stem height (tall)

Environment: wilting

Step-by-step explanation:

The heredity traits are regulated by genes of the organisms. Environmental traits show variations with respect to the varied environmental conditions.

In the given example, yellow flower color and tall stem are the heredity traits as they are regulated by genes of the plant. However, wilting is environmentally regulated as it is affected by available water to the plant. The wilting can be reversed by watering the plant regularly thereafter.