Heredity and genetic material | Science | Quizalize & Oak National Academy

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What do we call the young of a living organism, produced following reproduction?
- babies
- children
- offspring ✓
- young
This is an image of a ladybird's...
- 'life cycle' ✓
Which stage of the life cycle is genetic material passed from the parent to the offspring?
- growth
- reproduction ✓
- birth
Match the correct keyword to its definition
- Reproduction
  
  ⇔
  
  Process of making offspring. ✓
- Offspring
  
  ⇔
  
  The young of a living organism. ✓
- Heredity
  
  ⇔
  
  Process of passing genetic features from parent to offspring ✓
- Inherited feature
  
  ⇔
  
  Characteristic passed on from parent to offspring. ✓
This is an image of siblings. They are all offspring of the same parents. Why do they look similar but not identical?
- The boys inherit features from the dad and the girls from the mum.
- Some inherit more features from their mum or dad.
- Some inherit features directly from their grandparents.
- They all inherit different combinations of features from their mum and dad. ✓
All offspring ______ features from both parents.
- 'inherit' ✓

The three factors that determine an individual's features are heredity, environment and...
- 'lifestyle' ✓
Match the feature to the factor that determines it.
- heredity
  
  ⇔
  
  blood type ✓
- environment
  
  ⇔
  
  growth ✓
- lifestyle
  
  ⇔
  
  piercing ✓
Features carried in the genetic material are ______ by the offspring.
- 'inherited' ✓
Which types of factors can be inherited by offspring from their parents?
- physical features ✓
- thoughts
- fitness
- processes ✓
Choose features that are affected by a combination of heredity and environment/lifestyle.
- muscle size ✓
- tattoo
- height ✓
- scars
Which processes are determined by heredity?
- Digestion ✓
- Exercise
- Respiration ✓
- Talking

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Biological features are inherited when genetic material is passed from parents to their offspring during reproduction.
Genetic material provides instructions for growth and other life processes.
Only features caused by instructions in the genetic material can be inherited.
Features caused by lifestyle and the environment cannot be inherited.
Examples of features caused by genetic information (e.g. eye colour) and by the environment (e.g. scars).

Features caused by the environment or lifestyle can be passed to offspring.

Examples of inherited features e.g. eye colour, those that are environment and lifestyle e.g. scars, and those that are both e.g. height.

Environment - The environment of a living organism is its surroundings and the conditions in which it lives.
Lifestyle - The lifestyle of a living organism is the things it does and the choices it makes, e.g. diet and exercise.
Inherited - Some of the offspring's features can be inherited from parents, through the process of reproduction.
Genetic material - Genetic material is a substance in cells that contains instructions for various features and life processes.