READY-MADE CLASSROOM REVIEW
Genetics and Heredity Review
Biology · Grades 6-8 · about 20 minutes. Project the board, share one room code, and keep the class on the same review.
Review before you host
Check the clues and answers for your group. Answers stay hidden during live play until the host reveals them.
Foundations
$200This term matches this description: variant of dna sequence at a locus.
$400This term matches this description: molecule that carries genetic information.
$600This term matches this description: sequence of dna that determines traits in an organism.
$800This term matches this description: dna molecule containing genetic material of a cell.
$1000This term matches this description: part of the genetic makeup of a cell which determines one of its characteristics.
Key Vocabulary
$200This term matches this description: alteration in the nucleotide sequence of a genome.
$400This term matches this description: inherited characteristic of an organism.
$600This term matches this description: passing of traits to offspring from the species' parents or ancestor.
$800This term matches this description: one gene variant masking the effect of another in the other copy of the gene.
$1000This term matches this description: composite of the organism's observable characteristics or traits.
Systems and Parts
$200This term matches this description: haploid sex cell.
$400This term matches this description: all genetic material of an organism.
$600This term matches this description: cell division into two identical cells.
$800This term matches this description: cell division producing haploid gametes.
$1000This term matches this description: union of opposite-sex gametes in sexual reproduction to form a zygote.
Cause and Effect
$200This term matches this description: any chromosome other than a sex chromosome.
$400This term matches this description: concept in genetics.
$600This term matches this description: diagram showing the occurrence of traits.
$800This term matches this description: difference in dna among individuals or populations.
$1000This term matches this description: mechanism of evolution by differential reproduction.
Apply It
$200This term matches this description: family of large biological molecules.
$400This term matches this description: process of copying a segment of dna into rna.
$600This term matches this description: cellular process of protein synthesis.
$800This term matches this description: sex-specific patterns of inheritance.
$1000This term matches this description: assembly of proteins inside biological cells.
Challenge Round
$200This term matches this description: two nucleobases bound by hydrogen bonds.
$400This term matches this description: biological molecules constituting nucleic acids.
$600This term matches this description: structure formed by double-stranded molecules.
$800This term matches this description: rules by which information encoded within genetic material is translated into proteins.
$1000This term matches this description: organism with a recessive genetic allele that does not display the recessive trait.
