Junior Cycle Genetics

Which characteristic would most likely be inherited by a baby?

• brown hair
• crying a lot
• ability to jump high
• his ability to talk

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The following are inherited traits of humans EXCEPT...

• long hair
• blue eyes
• long eyelashes
• small dimples

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Which is an example of a learned characteristic?

• color of a dog's fur
• color blindness of a person
• the ability of a mouse to run a maze
• a person's ability to roll their tongue

Which best describes an inherited trait?

• a characteristic one chooses to express
• a characteristic one receives from the food one eats
• a characteristic that is passed on from one's parents
• a characteristic that is influenced by one's surroundings

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Having blue eyes like mom

• learned behavior
• inherited trait 

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Riding a bike

• inherited trait
• learned behavior 

What is an inherited trait of a plant?

• The type of fruit it produces 
• Growing in a pot
• Where the plant will grow 

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Change over time...

• Evolution
• Nucleotide 

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Charles Darwin came up with this theory 

• Natural Selection
• Mutation

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Darwin wrote that organisms with traits that are best suited to the environment will ________________

• increase in number
  
• become extinct
  

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