Variation

Question 1

Inherited characteristics

Answer 1

What you are born with and can pass on to your offspring

Question 2

Environmental characteristics

Answer 2

Factors that affect you during your lifetime and are not passed on

Question 3

Continuous variation

Answer 3

Data can be any value in the range; height, weight

Question 4

Discontinuous variation

Answer 4

Only has discreet values e.g the number of people in a classroom

Question 5

How many bases are in DNA

Answer 5

4

Question 6

What are the 4 base in DNA

Answer 6

Aderine, Thymine, Cytosine, Gyanine

Question 7

Order genetic information form biggest to smallest

Answer 7

Cell, nucleus, chromosome, DNA, gene

Question 8

How many chromosomes are in each cell of our body

Answer 8

46

Question 9

How many chromosomes does a gamete cell have

Answer 9

23

Question 10

Where is all of our genetic information stored

Answer 10

In the nucleus

Question 11

Allele

Answer 11

Variations of the same gene

Question 12

An example of an allele

Answer 12

Hair colour and eye colour

Question 13

What lung is smaller and why

Answer 13

Your left lung because your heart has to go somewhere

Question 14

What is DNA

Answer 14

Your inherited characteristics that contain genetic material passed down from your parents

Question 15

Chromosome

Answer 15

Contains multiple strands of DNA

Question 16

Gene

Answer 16

Each chromosome is divided into sections of DNA. The sections that hold the characteristics are genes