Name: ______________________________
GENETIC VS ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS OF PHYSICAL TRAITS
Identify which of the following characteristics are influenced by your genotype and which are
affected more by your environment. Cut them out and paste them in the appropriate column. Then
write in more examples that you can think of.
GENOTYPE
ENVIRONMENT
----------------------------------------------------------------------------Physical traits:

Natural hair colour

accent

blood group

genetic diseases

body weight

eye colour

hair length

freckles

curling your tongue