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Heredity and Traits
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Traits inherited from parents, dominant vs recessive features, family resemblance
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1
Sort these features — which are PHYSICAL traits a child may inherit from parents, and which are NOT inherited?
1The language you dream in
2Height tendency (tall or short family)
3Attached or free earlobes
4Favourite colour
5Choice of career
6Dimples on cheeks
7Susceptibility to certain diseases
Can be inherited from parents
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Cannot be inherited from parents
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2
Sort each trait — is it INHERITED (passed from parents) or LEARNED (acquired through experience)?
1Playing cricket well
2Shape of nose or ears
3Natural hair texture (curly or straight)
4Ability to speak Hindi
5Colour of eyes
6Riding a bicycle
7Fear of a specific dog
8Knowing how to cook
9Blood group (A, B, AB or O)
10Skin colour
Inherited (born with it)
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Learned (acquired by experience)
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3
Fill in the blanks about heredity and inherited traits!
Traits are carried from one generation to the next through .
Physical features passed from parents to children are called .
The children born to a pair of parents are called their .
Genes are found in , the molecule inside every cell of our body.
The passing of features from parents to children is called .
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