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GENETICS AND HEREDITY UNIT OBJECTIVES

  1. The listed, CORRECTLY SPELLED vocabulary words will be used throughout this unit.

LIST A / LIST B / LIST C
1 genetics / 14 sex linked gene / 27 replication
2 heredity / 15 alleles / 28 messenger RNA
3 cell / 16 recessive allele / 29 transfer RNA
4 nucleus / 17 dominant allele / 30 ribosome
5 cell cycle / 18 Gregor Mendel / 31 gene
6 mitosis / 19 probability / 32 sex-linked genes
7 chromosomes / 20 Punnett square / 33 mutation
8 sperm and egg / 21 homozygous / 34 amino acid
9 zygote / 22 heterozygous / 35 protein
10 meiosis / 23 genotype / 36 nitrogen bases
11 chromatid / 24 phenotype / 37 cloning
12 DNA / 25 pedigree / 38 stem cell
13 mutation / 26 co-dominance / 39 genetic engineering
  1. Explain what mitosis and meiosis are and where in the body and for what purposes these cells processes happen.
  2. Describe the differences and similarities between a body cell and a sex cell (sperm and egg).
  3. Using a Punnett square, determine the probability of an offspring inheriting a trait.
  4. Understand the difference between genotype and phenotype. (Sesame Street Genetic; Reebops)
  5. Identify possible genotype of organisms (both real and imaginary) by examining their phenotypes.
  6. Explain the relationship among these: chromosome, DNA, chromatid, gene, nucleotide, and nitrogen bases.
  7. Describe the structure of the DNA molecule.
  8. Label a diagram of an unraveling chromosome with these labels: DNA, chromosome, gene, and allele.
  9. Demonstrate a basic understanding of protein synthesis by constructing a portion of a DNA molecule (gene) that codes for a specific human protein.
  10. Explain why genes come in pairs.
  11. Explain that the genetic code is carried by 4 different nitrogen bases within the structure of DNA’s “ladder” shape.
  12. Show how DNA sends the genetic code to RNA to assemble amino acids into proteins.

The above objectives will be covered on quizzes and graded activities:

Quiz 1 will cover Objectives 1 (Vocabulary List A), 2, and 3.

Quiz 2 will cover Objectives 1 (Vocabulary List B), 4,5,6,7,8, and 9.

Quiz 3 will cover Objectives 1 (Vocabulary List C), 10,11,12, and 13.

Projects include Sesame Street Genetics, REEBOPS, and Beasties (more to come).