inheritance

Question 1

how do you inherit characteristics

Answer 1

from biological parents through genetic material stored in the nucleus of your cells
- material is chemical called DNA
- DNA contains all info needed to make an organism

Question 2

why do brothers and sisters not look completely the same

Answer 2

they each inherit a different mixture of characteristics

Question 3

how is DNA arranged in the nucleus

Answer 3

long strands called chromosomes

Question 4

how many chromosomes does a human have in its nucleus

Answer 4

46 chromsomes
- half from your mother and half from your father which is why you share some characteristics from both

Question 5

each chromosome is divided into sections of DNA the sections that hold the information to produce a characteristic are called _____

Answer 5

genes
- for example one gene contains info that sets your eye colour
- each chromosome has thousands of genes