AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Characteristics are the distinguishing features or quality of something. You might like to think of characteristics as those qualities that make a person or a thing different from others.

Detailed explanation-2: -distinctive, typical. of a feature that helps to distinguish a person or thing. peculiar. characteristic of one only; distinctive or special.

Detailed explanation-3: -Identifying characteristics refers to the name, address, any identifying number, fingerprints, voiceprints, photographs or any other item or combination of data about a research subject which could reasonably lead directly or indirectly by reference to other information to identification of that research subject.

Detailed explanation-4: -Key Difference: Features are used to describe physical attribute of something or someone, such as describing the face, shape, body, etc. Characteristics have more to do with character and behavior.