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Your “DO NOW” 1/23
Take a Ch 11 Pre-test by the door and complete
WHEN YOU ARE DONE:
On your ½ sheet of paper, write down
• 2 educational goals you have for this semester
(ex: do better on quizzes, study more, get homework done
on time…)
• 2 behavioral goals for this semester
(ex: pay better attention in class, talk less, not being rude,
be on time…)
• What grade you want to get this new marking period
Agenda
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1/23
Class discussion and polling
Learning Target
Partner review of cell
Reading
Notes Ch 11 #1
Practice game!
Why do we look like our relatives?
Why do we look like our relatives?
• Think about people you are related to. Do
you have similar…
– Eyes?
– Hair?
– Nose?
-Ears?
-Height?
• How does this happen? Why do you look like
them?
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Learning Target
1/23
• I can describe where genetic information is
found in the cell and why we look like our
relatives.
Prezi Notes #1
http://prezi.com/vtmtn_ejzro2/copy-ofgenetics-intro-to-genes/
READING – “Why is genetics important to
learn?”
Practice
Multiple choice
1. Long strands of DNA coding
for traits
2. A characteristic of an
organism
3. Means that some
characteristics are passed on
Vocab words
A. Proteins
B. Selectivity
C. Trait
D. Chromosomes
E. Heredity
Name those structures
1. ________________
2. ________________
Fill in the blank
1. Chromosomes are found in the___________
2. A version of a gene is called an ___________
3. Genetic information is passed
from parent to offspring through _________
True/False
1. Parents pass on their genes using PROTEINS
2. ALL parts of a chromosome code for traits
3. ALL traits are INHERITED traits
4. AQUIRED traits are NOT passed on by parents
Short answer
1. Write a definition of a gene IN YOUR OWN
WORDS (1 sentence).
Short answer
1. Why do we look like our relatives
(use terms: “DNA”, “heredity”, “traits”)
Short Answer
1. Your fingernails are made of old dead cells
that no longer have a nucleus or other
organelles. Could you get a DNA sample from
these tissues? Why or why not?
Short Answer
1. What are some other types of cells in your
body you could you look at to find DNA
(where would the cells come from)?
Short Answer
• A woman gets a tattoo on her arm and her
daughter gets one just like it. Is that an
inherited trait or an acquired trait? Why?