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Practice Sheet - 10 Inheritance and Variation

This document provides information about inheritance and reproduction in plants and animals. It discusses how offspring inherit physical features from their parents, such as eye color, hair color, number of petals on plants. It defines inheritance as the transfer of characteristics from one generation to the next. Variations between offspring are discussed, including hereditary variations caused by changes in genes and environmental variations caused by outside factors like temperature. Examples of inherited traits like eye and hair color are given, as well as questions to test comprehension.

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Practice Sheet - 10 Inheritance and Variation

This document provides information about inheritance and reproduction in plants and animals. It discusses how offspring inherit physical features from their parents, such as eye color, hair color, number of petals on plants. It defines inheritance as the transfer of characteristics from one generation to the next. Variations between offspring are discussed, including hereditary variations caused by changes in genes and environmental variations caused by outside factors like temperature. Examples of inherited traits like eye and hair color are given, as well as questions to test comprehension.

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Grade 5

WORKSHEET 5

TOPIC:

Inheritance and reproduction strategies:

Recognize that plants and animals reproduce with their own kind to produce offspring
with features that closely resemble those of the parents; distinguish between features of
plants and animals that are inherited from their parents (e.g., number of petals, color of
petals, eye color, hair color), and those that are not (e.g., some broken branches in a
tree, length of human hair)

Introduction

Transfer of different characters from one generation to next generation in a living being is
called inheritance. The characters which transferred from one generation to the next are
called hereditary characters. It refers to the physical features that offspring inherit from
their parents. Such as eye color, the shape of nose and mouth, height and other physical
characteristics

Variation

Similarities are maintained by the parent with the offspring from generation
to generation but it is known that none of the two organisms are similar. Even different
offspring of the same parent differ to each other. This is known as a variation, because of
this variation each organism is different from the other organism in shape, behavior, color
etc. Variation is divided into two parts:

1. Hereditary Variation

The variations which get transferred from one generation to next generation are called
hereditary variations. Hereditary variations and control of characters transfer from one
generation to next generation are performed by genetic material, which is found in
the genes. Genes are made up of D.N.A (chemical Molecule) changes in their number,
arrangement, and structure cause hereditary variations.

Example: Colour of eyes, hair, skin and blood group etc are examples of hereditary
variation. The reasons for hereditary variations are as follows:

 Any change in gene structure causes variation.

 Changes in chromosome’s number cause change in the hereditary material


due to which variation occurs in offspring.
 If there is any change in the structure of chromosome this cause variation
among the organisms of the same species.

2. Environmental Variation

The variation which causes due to the effect of environment and which are not transferred
from one generation to next are called environmental variation. Temperature, humidity
food habits etc. are the causes of environmental variation and are originated doing the
individual development of the organisms. Therefore, these characters are
called acquired characters.

1. Shown here is a pictorial representation of characters


inherited by off springs. From the following options
choose which ones could be inherited charecters?

(HINT: Transfer of different characters from one


generation to next generation in the living being is
called inheritance. The characters which transferred
from one generation to the next is called hereditary
characters)

a) Colour of hair
b) Piercing of ear
c) Bruise on knee
d) Fracture of leg of parent at the time of birth

Q2. From the following choose some examples of heredity variations.


A) Colour of eyes
B) Colour of hair
C)Colour of skin
D)All the above

Q3. Which of the following traits are we most likely to get from our parents?

A) Their qualification
B) Their writing style
C) Their cooking skills
D) Their skin colour

Q5) Melissa found some tadpoles and fish in a pond as shown. How did the tadpoles
get there?

A. They hatched from eggs laid by fish in the


pond.
B. They formed from mud at the bottom of the
pond.
C. They were made from materials dissolved in
pond water.
D. They developed from eggs laid by frogs in the
pond.

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