Intro to Genetics

Open Ended

What do you think DNA contains?

Draw

Draw what you think a DNA strand looks like.

Draw

Draw a chromosome

​Humans have 46 total chromsomes.


Each chromosome pairs up. 23 come from your mom and 23 come from your dad.

Look closely, and you'll see this chromosome pair can be seperated back into 2 halves

Multiple Choice

______ is the passing of physical characteristics from parents to offspring.

• Trait

• Heredity

• Genetics

• Hybrid

Multiple Choice

Genetics is the study of...

• Body systems

• cell division

• heredity

• osmosis

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is true?

• all organisms have 23 pairs of chromosomes

• DNA serves as the instructions for all living things

• all mutations are harmful to an organism

Poll

Which structure contains DNA

• Golgi Body

• Nucleus

• Mitochondria

• Nucleolus

Multiple Choice

Traits include

• hair color

• eye color

• height

• all of these

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