Heredity

What is heredity?

• The process of offspring passing on their CHARACTERISTICS to their offspring.

• The process of parents passing on their CHARACTERISTICS to their parents.

• The process of parents passing on their CHARACTERISTICS to their offspring.

• The process of offspring passing on their CHARACTERISTICS to their offspring.

When their offspring receive those characteristics, they...

• Inherit them.

• don't inherit them.

Characteristics that are passed from parents to offspring are called...

• Non-inherited characteristics

• Non-heredity characteristics

• Inheredity characteristics

• Inherited characteristics

[CHOOSE MORE THAN ONE ANSWER] Some examples of inherited characteristics are...

• Eye (iris) colour

• Likes and dislikes.

• Changes in skin colour

• Hair colour

[CHOOSE MORE THAN ONE ANSWER] Some more examples of inherited characteristics are...

• Politeness

• Muscles

• Hair type

• Presence of dimples

When we talk about eye colour, we are actually talking about the colour of the...

• Iris

• Pupil

• Cornea

• Lens

The most common iris colour is...

• Blue

• Green

• Brown

• Amber

Albinism and blood leaking into the iris can cause the iris to look red/violet.

• True.

• False.

What is the name for the rare eye condition which can give someone 2 different iris colours?

• Hereditychromia.

• Heterochromia.

• Heterolobia.

• Heteroscopia.

How many types of heterochromia are there?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4