Heredity and variations

__________ is the passing on of characteristics from parents to offsprings.

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Is there a possibility that an offspring will have traits that are different from the parents?

Answer: Yes or No

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What is the reason why some offspring have different traits from their parents?

• The offspring inherited the traits from the neighbor

• The offspring inherited the traits from the other animals

• The offspring inherited the traits from the forefathers or great grandparents

• The offspring inherited the traits from their friends and teachers

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Will there be a possibility that an offspring will have entirely the same traits and characteristics as his/her mother?

Answer: Yes or No

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What is the study of heredity?

• Genes

• Genetics

• Geneticist

• Genome

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Will there be a possibility that a white couple can bear a child with brown skin color?

Answer: Yes or No

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They are responsible for the characteristics of the living organisms.

• Genes

• Traits

• Mother

• Father

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They are the building blocks of all organisms. All parts of our body are made up of ____.

• Skins

• Hair

• Cells

• Blood

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It is called the brain of the cell and controls all the activities of the cell.

• Cytoplasm

• Mitochondria

• Nucleus

• Ribosome

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The ______ of our cells contains genes.

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