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!
Environment
Heredity
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Environment
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"Father of Peas"
Father of Genetics"
"Father of Jeans"
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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
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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
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Genetic
Genetic mutation
Probability
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Liking the color red
Having long fingers
Wearing your hair in a ponytail
Liking chocolate ice cream
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RR, RR, Rr, Rr
RR, Rr, Rr, rr
Rr, rr, RR, Rr
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A gene causes a trait.
A trait is learned.
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Pink fur
Webbed feet
Brown scales
Broken wing
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Having freckles
Being a good reader
Having a scar on your arm
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Skills
Genetics
Reproduction
Heredity
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Heredity
Environment
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Genetic engineering
Copying
DNA-ing
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Your instincts
Your inherited traits
Your learned behaviors
Your inherited behaviors
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Deoxyribose sugar
Phosphate group
Nitrogenous base
Ribose sugar
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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.
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Not be seen
Be seen halfway
Be seen
None of the above
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