Imagine that you are a scientist who has discovered a new object. You want to find out if the object is biotic or abiotic. You observe several characteristics about the new object. Which of these characteristics would tell you that the object is abiotic, or not alive?

Ocean waves move up and down in circles, but transmit horizontally toward the shore.

Svetlana and her mother are very similar. both have blonde hair, a love of scrapbooking, blue eyes, and a thin nose. which statement  most likely  describes svetlana’s traits? svetlana inherited her love of scrapbooking from her mother, but her blue eyes come from her environment.svetlana inherited her blue eyes from her mother, but her love of scrapbooking comes from her environment.svetlana inherited her thin nose from her mother, but her blonde hair comes from her environment.svetlana inherited her blonde hair from her mother, but her thin nose comes from her environment.

2. if someone had the list of traits you provided in question 1, do you think he or she would be able to find you in a group of 1000 people? why or why not? if not, what other information encoded in your genes might distinguish you from the others in the group? what are other traits that are encoded for by dna?