Inheritance and Selection

1. Inheritance and Selection KS3 Unit 9a – Inheritance and selection

2. Q1. What do we call getting characteristics from our parents? KS3 Unit 9a – Inheritance and selection

3. A1. Inheritance KS3 Unit 9a – Inheritance and selection

4. Q2. What do we call the process of choosing particular animals or plants to breed? KS3 Unit 9a – Inheritance and selection

5. A2. Selection KS3 Unit 9a – Inheritance and selection

6. Q3. Name a long molecule that contains all the information needed to make a plant or animal KS3 Unit 9a – Inheritance and selection

7. A3. DNA Deoxyribonucleic acid KS3 Unit 9a – Inheritance and selection

8. Q4. What do we call a section of DNA that contains the information about a particular trait? KS3 Unit 9a – Inheritance and selection

9. A4. A gene KS3 Unit 9a – Inheritance and selection

10. Q5. What do we call differences in characteristics within a particular species? KS3 Unit 9a – Inheritance and selection

11. A5. Variation KS3 Unit 9a – Inheritance and selection

12. Q6. Name a domestic pet originally selectively bred from wolves KS3 Unit 9a – Inheritance and selection

13. A6. Dog KS3 Unit 9a – Inheritance and selection

14. Q7. Name a farm animal selectively bred for efficient meat or milk production KS3 Unit 9a – Inheritance and selection

15. A7. Cattle KS3 Unit 9a – Inheritance and selection

16. Q8. Name the fine powder produced by flowering plants that contains male reproductive cells and causes hay-fever. KS3 Unit 9a – Inheritance and selection

17. A8. Pollen KS3 Unit 9a – Inheritance and selection

18. Q9. What do we call a chemical made in a plant or animal that regulates growth and development? KS3 Unit 9a – Inheritance and selection

19. A9. A hormone KS3 Unit 9a – Inheritance and selection

20. Q10. What do we call a single stage in the evolutionary descent of a group of animals or plants? KS3 Unit 9a – Inheritance and selection

21. A10. A generation KS3 Unit 9a – Inheritance and selection

22. Q11. What do we call the surroundings in which all animals and plants live? KS3 Unit 9a – Inheritance and selection

23. A11. The environment KS3 Unit 9a – Inheritance and selection

24. Q12. What do we call the natural home of a particular plant or animal? KS3 Unit 9a – Inheritance and selection

25. A12. The habitat KS3 Unit 9a – Inheritance and selection

26. Q13. What do we call the X shaped structures in a cell nucleus made up of coiled up DNA? KS3 Unit 9a – Inheritance and selection

27. A13. Chromosomes KS3 Unit 9a – Inheritance and selection

28. Q14. What do we call a genetically determined inherited characteristic? KS3 Unit 9a – Inheritance and selection

29. A14. A trait KS3 Unit 9a – Inheritance and selection

30. Q15. What do we call variations that can take any value, like height or weight? KS3 Unit 9a – Inheritance and selection

31. A15. Continuous KS3 Unit 9a – Inheritance and selection

32. Q16. What do we call variations that can only take certain values like eye colour or number of fingers? KS3 Unit 9a – Inheritance and selection

33. A16. Discrete KS3 Unit 9a – Inheritance and selection

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