Mr. Turnow

Friday, February 4, 2022

Genes and Heredity Continued

Resources: Science Skill Sheet (<---For Remote Learners)

You will watch the following 4 videos and answer the questions about each video in your science journal.

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1.) Heredity

1.) What do you call the passing of traits from parents to offspring?

2.) What was the name of the monk in the 1800s who used pea plants to study traits?

3.) What is the name of the British geneticist who developed the Punnett Square?

2.) Genetics

1.) What do you call the process of choosing which individuals to breed?

2.) Chromosomes are mainly made up of a substance called ______?

3.) Useful traits spread in nature in a process called ______ _______?

3.) Genetic Mutations

1.) What do you call permanent changes to a cell's DNA or RNA?

2.) Mutation can also be caused by outside forces, like chemical, radiation, and ________.

4.) DNA

1.) What does DNA stand for?

2.) What is the all-purpose construction material for life called? (You can think of cells as mini-factories that build them)

3.) A section of DNA that codes for a single protein is called a _______.

4.) Humans have more than __________ genes.

5.) Humans have ______ chromosomes.

Mrs. Glynn

Announcement

10:21 AM

Here is the movie version of The Lightning Thief! Enjoy!

Percy.Jackson.And.The.Olympians.The.Lightning.Thief.2010.1080p.BluRay.x265-RARBG.mp4

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