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WANIC Health 12 - Heredity

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Let's take an inventory of your physical characteristics.
Do you have ....?

a)

b)

2.

Let's take an inventory of your physical characteristics.
Do you have ....?

a)

b)

3.

Let's take an inventory of your physical characteristics.
Do you have ....?

a)

b)

4.

Let's take an inventory of your physical characteristics.
Do you have ....?

a)

normal tongue

b)

c)

d)

Yes, that's Daniel Radcliffe

5.

Let's take an inventory of your physical characteristics.
Do you have ....?

a)

b)

no dimples

6.

Let's take an inventory of your physical characteristics.
Do you have ....?

a)

b)

straight hair

7.

Let's take an inventory of your physical characteristics.
Do you have ....?

a)

b)

no freckles

8.

Let's take an inventory of your physical characteristics.
Are you ....?

a)

right-handed

b)

left-handed

c)

(ambideterous, but that's a learned trait, not an inherited one)

9.

(a)   is the passing on, or transmission of, biological traits from parent to child

10.

​ (a)   are tiny structures found within ​ (b)   that carry ​ (c)   about the characteristics that you will inherit

Choose from the below words
Chromosomes
cells
information
blood vessels
the mitochondria
chromatic color
groceries
11.

Most of the cells in your body contain 46 chromosomes, which is (a)   pairs of chromosomes (How many?)

12.

If a sperm and an egg each individually have 23 chromosomes (but they aren't pairs -- The egg has have 23 total and the sperm has 23 total), how many total chromosomes do they have when they unite?

(a)  

13.

A gene is a ​ (a)   of chromosome that determines or affects a characteristic (a ​ (b)   )

Choose from the below words
section
trait
another word for
cell
mitochondria