Ms. LongoLife ScienceDiversity of Life

9/21

Agenda

Traits Class Graph hand in

Work/grade examples

Traits definitionOnline activity

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HW collection

Note book maintenanceUpdate IndexComplete answers3 notes HW

Traits definition

Traits are characteristics we inherit from our parents. Some traits are common in a population (our class will be our population) while others are not. Every person has a different combination of traits that makes them unique.

Traits

More common traits are not necessarily better. Sometimes traits just show up more frequently.

Dominant or recessive traits have very little to do with frequency. Therefore, dominant traits are not necessarily more common, and recessive traits are not necessarily rare in a population.

Traits Discussion

Be prepared to answer the following questions based on the class graph.

What traits are the most common in the class?

What traits are the least common in the class?

Traits Online Activity

Learn.genetics.utah.edu

9/22

Agenda

Traits Online Activity

QuestionsWho Discovered DNA?

ReadingQuestions

Announcements

Minimum Day

No school FridayStudents who skip detention are assigned double

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HW collection

Complete missing assignments

3 notes HW

Submit notebooks for re-check

Traits Online Activity

Answer Questions from the activity (14-21)

P.2What is heredity? #14What is a trait? #18

Who Discovered DNA?

Number the Paragraphs

Number all the paragraphs in the left margin of the paper.

Read the article quietly to yourself.

Underline (using pencil) ANY vocabulary words you do not know (cannot give a definition for).