Preschoolers understand a great deal about biological processes such as movement, growth, and inheritance

Discuss one thing that preschool children understand about movement, one thing that they understand about growth, and one thing that they understand about inheritance.

What will be an ideal response?

Movement—preschoolers understand the difference between biological movement and nonbiological movement, and more specifically, they understand that biological movement is self-generated. Growth—any one of the following: (1) living things grow and inanimate objects do not grow, (2) biological growing happens in one direction, that is from smaller to bigger, (3) growth causes living things to become more, rather than less, complex, (4) people's desires do not influence growth. Inheritance—a baby will grow up to resemble adults of its species, regardless of its environment.