What is Inheritance?

When living things ______________________, they pass DNA to there offspring.

• Eat

• Sleep

• Reproduce

• Fight

Reproducing without a partner is called...

• Asexual reproduction.

• Sexual reproduction.

• Living as a hermit.

True or false?

Offspring produced asexually are genetically identical to the parent.

• True

• False

People reproduce ____________________________ .

• Asexually.

• Sexually.

True or false?

Sexual reproduction requires a partner.

• True.

• False.

Offspring produced by sexual reproduction....

• Inherit all their DNA from one parent.

• Inherit equal amounts of DNA from each parent.

• Inherit random proportions of DNA from their parents.

Each of us has __________ copies

of every gene. They may be

the same or different.

• Two.

• One.

• Three.

• Ten.

In _________________ , each parent passes down a copy of one of each of their genes, randomly. The combination may be different for each child.

• sexual reproduction.

• asexual reproduction.

• cloning.

• dispersal.

Children often look like their family members because...

• They eat the same food.

• They share genes.

• They live in the same house.

• They like the same sports.

Tick two boxes:

Your parents share DNA with their ...

• Dog.

• Spouse.

• Parents.

• Siblings.