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Inheritance

and Selection

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Q1. What do we call getting characteristics from our parents?

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Inheritance

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Q2. What do we call the process of choosing particular animals or plants to breed?

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A2. Selection © NTScience.co.uk 2005 KS3 Unit 9a – Inheritance and selection 5

Q3. Name a long molecule that contains all the information needed to make a plant or animal © NTScience.co.uk 2005 KS3 Unit 9a – Inheritance and selection 6

A3. DNA Deoxyribonucleic acid © NTScience.co.uk 2005 KS3 Unit 9a – Inheritance and selection 7

Q4. What do we call a section of DNA that contains the information about a particular trait?

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A4. A gene © NTScience.co.uk 2005 KS3 Unit 9a – Inheritance and selection 9

Q5. What do we call differences in characteristics within a particular species?

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A5. Variation © NTScience.co.uk 2005 KS3 Unit 9a – Inheritance and selection 11

Q6. Name a domestic pet originally selectively bred from wolves © NTScience.co.uk 2005 KS3 Unit 9a – Inheritance and selection 12

A6. Dog © NTScience.co.uk 2005 KS3 Unit 9a – Inheritance and selection 13

Q7. Name a farm animal selectively bred for efficient meat or milk production © NTScience.co.uk 2005 KS3 Unit 9a – Inheritance and selection 14

A7. Cattle © NTScience.co.uk 2005 KS3 Unit 9a – Inheritance and selection 15

Q8. Name the fine powder produced by flowering plants that contains male reproductive cells and causes hay-fever.

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A8. Pollen © NTScience.co.uk 2005 KS3 Unit 9a – Inheritance and selection 17

Q9. What do we call a chemical made in a plant or animal that regulates growth and development?

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A9. A hormone © NTScience.co.uk 2005 KS3 Unit 9a – Inheritance and selection 19

Q10. What do we call a single stage in the evolutionary descent of a group of animals or plants?

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A10. A generation © NTScience.co.uk 2005 KS3 Unit 9a – Inheritance and selection 21

Q11. What do we call the surroundings in which all animals and plants live?

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A11. The environment © NTScience.co.uk 2005 KS3 Unit 9a – Inheritance and selection 23

Q12. What do we call the natural home of a particular plant or animal?

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A12. The habitat © NTScience.co.uk 2005 KS3 Unit 9a – Inheritance and selection 25

Q13. What do we call the X shaped structures in a cell nucleus made up of coiled up DNA?

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A13. Chromosomes © NTScience.co.uk 2005 KS3 Unit 9a – Inheritance and selection 27

Q14. What do we call a genetically determined inherited characteristic?

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A14. A trait © NTScience.co.uk 2005 KS3 Unit 9a – Inheritance and selection 29

Q15. What do we call variations that can take any value, like height or weight?

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A15. Continuous © NTScience.co.uk 2005 KS3 Unit 9a – Inheritance and selection 31

Q16. What do we call variations that can only take certain values like eye colour or number of fingers?

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A16. Discrete © NTScience.co.uk 2005 KS3 Unit 9a – Inheritance and selection 33

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