7.14AC:
Heredity
Organisms
and
environments
Using
the
Web
Surfing
Science!
websites
your
teacher
has
assigned
to
you,
complete
the
following
online
treasure
hunt.
Part
I:
What
is
Heredity?
Part
II:
Probability
of
Inheritance
Part
III:
DNA
from
the
Beginning:
Classical
GeneCcs
Part
I:
What
is
Heredity?
Click
on
the
“What
is
Heredity?”
tour
of
the
basics
and
answer
the
following
ques?ons.
1.  The
passing
of
______________________________
from
parent
to
child
is
the
basis
of
heredity.
2.  Where
are
the
instruc?ons
that
define
our
traits?
______________________________________________________________________________
3.  What
exactly
is
a
trait?
Tour
the
“What
is
a
Trait?”
basics,
and
then
explain
what
a
trait
is
in
your
own
words.
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
4.  What
is
an
allele,
and
how
many
do
we
have
for
each
trait?
______________________________________________________________________________
5.  What
do
homozygous
and
heterozygous
mean?
______________________________________________________________________________
6.  If
someone
has
a
dominant
allele
and
a
recessive
allele,
what
will
happen?
______________________________________________________________________________
7.  How
are
traits
inherited?
______________________________________________________________________________
8.  Why
don’t
all
children
of
a
family
look
just
a
like?
Click
on
“Observable
Traits.”
Which
of
these
traits
do
you
have?
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
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7.14AC:
Heredity
Organisms
and
environments
Part
II:
Probability
of
Inheritance
1.  What
are
two
uses
for
being
able
to
predict
what
traits
will
be
inherited?
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
2.  Given
the
genotype
of
the
parent,
a
____________________________
can
be
used
to
predict
the
possible
genotypes
of
the
offspring.
3.  The
genotype
of
a
_____________________________
goes
along
the
top
and
le\
side
of
a
chart.
4.  The
possible
offspring
genotype
will
be
found
in
the
_________________________
of
the
square.
Part
III:
DNA
from
the
Beginning:
Classical
GeneCcs
Read
through
the
14
pages
in
the
Classical
Gene?cs
sec?on,
and
then
answer
the
ques?ons
below.
1.  Gregor
Mendel
iden?fied
seven
dis?nguishable
individual
______________________________
.
Each
one,
he
discovered,
had
two
different
forms
of
expression.
2.  Mendel
reasoned
that
the
yellow
trait
was
_____________________________________
and
the
green
trait
was
____________________________________.
1.  Studies
done
by
Thomas
Hunt
Morgan
show
that
in
fruit
flies,
the
gene
for
eye
color
must
be
physically
carried
on
the
_____________________________.
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