Biology I: Heredity Webquest

Introduction


You were selected by a medical group to select what you believe is the right mix of genetics to create in your opinion the perfect human. You had signed up for this opportunity despite the fact that you have little knowledge on how genetics work or heredity. Therefore, you have to spend some time doing research on how inheritance and genetics work. This webquest will help you!

High School Biology I Standard: CLE 3210.4.3 Predict the outcome ofmonohybrid and dihybrid crosses.

Task

As you go through this webquest you will be required to answer questions based on what you have read, watched, or played. You can work independently or find other chosen people and work with them. Make sure to contact the head research corporation if you have any questions! Make sure to use your time effectively and work efficiently. You will have two class periods to do this, anything you don't finish you will have to work on in your town time.

Process

Read through this introduction and answer the following questions:

  1. Humans have how many complete sets of how many chromosomes? ______________________
  2. How many sets do each parent contribute to a child? _________________
  3. How are the chromosomes split? ____________________
  4. What is it called when when sets of chromosomes join? __________________

Watch this video and answer these questions:

  1.  What is heredity?
    A. The passing of traditions from parents to their children 
    B. A type of asexual reproduction 
    C. The passing of traits from parents to offspring 
    D. Another term for sexual reproduction
  2. When two pea plants with Tt genotypes are cross-bred, how many short (tt) plants will there most likely be in the new generation? A. 1 out of 4
    B. 1 out of 2
    C. 1 out of 6
    D. 1 out of 8
  3. If a brown-eyed mother and a blue-eyed father have four children, three will probably have brown eyes. What can you conclude from this?
    A. Brown eyes are a successful trait
    B. Brown eyes are a submissive trait
    C. Brown eyes are a recessive trait
    D. Brown eyes are a dominant trait

Watch this video and answer the following questions:

  1. Who said "We're each a mixture of our parents' traits, with the father supplying life force and the mother supplying the building blocks"? ____________________

  2. Human cells have this many pairs of chromosomes.
    A. 20
    B. 19
    C. 23
    D. 26

  3. Cells that only have one set of chromosomes are called
    A. prison cells
    B. diploid cells
    C. somatic cells
    D. haploid cells

  4. To diagram the outcome of a cross breeding experiment, use a
    A. Punnett Cube
    B. Mendelian Sphere
    C. Tiananmen Square
    D. Punnett Square

Evaluation

Today is finally the day! The company hands out this questionnare to prove you're educated enough to choose the genetics for a 'perfect' human. Here is the questionnare: 

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1MT3yiPZbmHr1lCLSR7L5dl9JNq7gSO6K6JiNAUwGbt4/viewform

Conclusion

Did you get to choose the genetic make-up for the perfect human? Hopefully, you have been able to participate and learn more about heredity through this webquest. 

Works used:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBezq1fFUEA

https://www.brainpop.com/health/geneticsgrowthanddevelopment/heredity/

http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/inheritance/intro/