Heredity Vocabulary

Heredity is . . .

• The passing on of traits to offspring

• The way herds move

• Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

• The reason we have bread

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What is a TRAIT?

• A unique characteristic

• A type of fossil

• Someone who betrays people

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What is a common ancestor?

• A creature that multiple species evolved from

• A place where lots of different people live

• Your great great grandmother

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What does it mean to be RELATED in a scientific sense?

• It means sharing DNA with someone

• It means being part of a social family structure

• It means having a mom and a dad in common

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Are all humans related if you go far enough back?

• YES

• NO

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Do all living things have a common ancestor if you go far enough back?

• YES

• NO

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What does DESCENDED mean biologically speaking?

• Born from a creature living at an earlier time

• It means going really far down

• Future Offspring

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If fish, birds and human are NOT closely related why do they all have eyes?

• Somewhere back in time they all shared a common ancestor with eyes

• They need to be able to see

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Which of the following is NOT a trait . . .

• The color of your eyes

• How tall you are

• How good you are at soccer

• The color of your hair

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What traits do you share with other mammals? (Choose all that apply)

• Hair

• Milk

• 4 limbs

• Feathers

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