A learned trait is a characteristic that an animal develops through experience or practice, such as roller-skating.

An inherited trait is a characteristic passed down from parents to their offspring, like hair color or eye color.

Young animals often share traits with both their mother and father.

After a fish hatches, it looks like a small version of its parents.

A frog starts its life as an egg.

A life cycle is the series of stages an animal goes through from birth to adulthood.

Metamorphosis is a process where an animal changes form during its life cycle, like a caterpillar turning into a butterfly.