Heredity
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Waxaan sharxi karaa waxa loola jeedo dhaxalka iyo sababta ubadku badanaa ugu ekaado waalidiinta.
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In this lesson: I can describe what is meant by heredity and why offspring usually look similar to their parents. Reproduction (having offspring) is part of the life cycle of all organisms. When organisms reproduce they make offspring of the same kind (species resemblance).
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1. Choose the name of the common process where living organisms produce young.
- respiration
- Correct answer:reproduction
- nutrition
- growth
2. Reproduction produces the next generation of all living organisms. Choose the correct scientific word to describe what is produced during reproduction.
- Young
- Babies
- Correct answer:Offspring
- Children
3. Choose the best statement which describes why offspring look similar to their parents.
- They live in the same surroundings.
- They eat the same food.
- Correct answer:Features are passed to offspring from their parents in reproduction.
- They are the same species so have the same features.
4. This is an image of the smallest living unit in a living organism. What is it called?
- molecule
- tissue
- organ
- Correct answer:cell
5. Which part of the cell stores the genetic material?
- Correct answer:nucleus
- cell membrane
- cytoplasm
- mitochondria
6. The information stored in the genetic material is used to control ...
- Correct answer:physical features.
- language spoken.
- Correct answer:processes e.g. growth.
- an individual's personality.
1. When do the offspring of living organisms look similar to the adult?
- When they are born.
- Throughout their life.
- Never.
- Correct answer:At some point in their life cycle.
2. Who will a human baby girl directly inherit features from?
- Mum
- Correct answer:Mum and Dad
- Dad
- Grandparents
3. Choose the correct option to describe why the offspring of the same parents (siblings) look similar but not identical.
- They inherit the same features from both parents.
- They inherit completely different features from both parents.
- Correct answer:They inherit different combinations of features from both parents.
- Some only inherit features from their mother and some only from their father.
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