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Inheritance

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What do we call things like blue eyes, straight hair and freckles?Characteristics
What does inherited mean?Passed on from parents to children
What is the male sex cell call?A sperm
The nucleus of a cell controls what happens in a cell?True
What is an egg?The female sex cell
Are blue eyes an inherited or environmental?Inherited
What happens during fertilisationThe nucleus of the sperm and egg fuse
What do genes do?They control what characteristics you have
Which is bigger an egg or a sperm?An egg
What are genes made of?DNA
Do an egg and a sperm contain genes?Yes
What is DNA?It is an instruction code for our characteristics
In which part of a cell would you find genes?In the nucleus
Is a scar an inherited or environmental characterisitic?Environmental
When can two people have the same DNA?When they are identical twins
A sperm cell does not have a nucleus?False
Do we have more or less genes than a fly?More
Is height an inherited or environmental characterisitic?Both
Can more than one sperm fertilise an egg?No
Everybody is different. What do we call this?Variation



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