Product Description

Worksheet Contents

• This worksheet covers:

• Layout of pedigree charts

• Generations

• Parents and children

• Representing individuals

• Males and females

• Unaffected, affected, carriers

• Determining relationships between individuals

• Constructing pedigree charts

• Determining genotypes of individuals

• Autosomal dominant inheritance

• Autosomal recessive inheritance

• X-linked dominant inheritance

• X-linked recessive inheritance

• Identifying patterns for different modes of inheritance

• Includes:

• Unit outline.

• Completing and interpreting pedigree charts.

• Short-answer questions.

• Extension questions.

• Teacher version containing complete answers.

• Aligned to the Australian Year 10 Science curriculum.

• 8 pages.

Learning Outcomes

• By the end of this worksheet students will be able to:

• ☑   Explain the function of a pedigree chart.

• ☑   Describe the layout of a pedigree chart.

• ☑   Interpret symbols for individuals on a pedigree chart.

• ☑   Determine relationships between individuals on a pedigree chart.

• ☑   Construct a simple pedigree chart based on given information.

• ☑   Determine genotypes for individuals on pedigree charts showing different modes of inheritance.

• ☑   Determine or rule out the mode of inheritance shown by a pedigree chart.

This resource is also included in the Year 10 Biology PDF Workbook.

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