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Cells and Heredity
Unit 1 - Cells
Lesson 1 due: November 13
Lesson 2 due: November 19
Lesson 3 due: November 22
Lesson 4 due: November 26
Lesson 5 due: December 3
Lesson 6 due: December 6
Unit Test December 11
Use the reading sections of your textbook to define each of the words below. You will find
them highlighted in yellow.
Lesson 1
Lesson 2
Lesson 3
DNA
homologous chromosomes
asexual reproduction
chromosomes
meiosis
sexual reproduction
cell cycle
fertilization
interphase
mitosis
cytokinesis
Lesson 4
Lesson 6
heredity
Lesson 5
Punnett square
gene
probability
nucleotide
allele
ratio
replication
genotype
pedigree
mutation
phenotype
dominant
DNA
RNA
Lesson 7
recessive
incomplete dominance
codominance
Questions.
All questions must be answered in complete sentences.
Lesson 1
No Questions
Lesson 2
1. What type of error in meiosis causes down syndrome?
ribosome
Lesson 3
1. What re the advantages of sexual reproduction?
Lesson 4
1. How are traits inherited?
2. Give an example where many genes influence a single trait.
3. Give an example of one gene influencing more than one trait?
4. How can the environment influence traits?
5. Jenny, Jenny’s mom, and Jenny’s grandfather are all good basketball players. Give
an example of an inherited trait and an inquired trait that could contribute to their
skill at basketball.
Lesson 5
1. Punnett square questions
2. How do cells in your body get energy?
3. How do you think the change in chlorophyll levels is a response to changes in the
length of day from summer to fall?
Lesson 6