You may have heard a medical professional describe the illness as “genetic” or “hereditary” at some point in your life, but do you know what the distinction is there? Don’t they mean the same thing? The answer is no! Hereditary means the disease can be passed on from one generation to the next, but genetic diseases need not be hereditary, they originate from a change in an organism’s genome. See if you can learn more about the difference in this quiz!
Liking the color red
Having long fingers
Wearing your hair in a ponytail
Liking chocolate ice cream
Your instincts
Your inherited traits
Your learned behaviors
Your inherited behaviors
They will learn to cook by instinct.
They will learn to cook by watching her.
They will inherit her cooking skills.
Cooking is an inherited trait.
All from its mother
All from its father
Half of its genes come from its mother and half from its father
Most of its genes from its mother and some of its genes come from its father
So there's more water to fill swimming pools
So the plants can grow well during a drought (decreased water)
So plants can grow in heavy rains
So farmers will not die from chemical poisoning
Pink fur
Webbed feet
Brown scales
Broken wing
A gene causes a trait.
A trait is learned.
Having freckles
Being a good reader
Having a scar on your arm
A virus
Bacteria
DNA
34
46
23
"Father of Peas"
Father of Genetics"
"Father of Jeans"
RR, RR, Rr, Rr
RR, Rr, Rr, rr
Rr, rr, RR, Rr
Skills
Genetics
Reproduction
Heredity
Not be seen
Be seen halfway
Be seen
None of the above
Heredity
Environment
Heredity
Environment
Environment
Heredity
23
46
89
B
B
Genetic
Genetic mutation
Probability
Genetic engineering
Copying
DNA-ing
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