Your Task:

To create a Genetics
foldable with
definitions and colors!
 Genetics Foldable
Task #1 Name: Date: Period:

Name: Date: Period:

Create your
foldable &
Q: What have you inherited?
label the
flaps as How traits are Inherited
shown.
The Father of Genetics
*You will cut
3 flaps in half Dominant vs. Recessive
as shown.
Genotype vs. Phenotype
Homozygous vs. Heterozygous
Punnett Squares
 Task #2
Q: What have you inherited?
On your flap (above the question)
write the following:
A: traits
Heredity: the passing on of
traits from parents to
offspring
*traits are different forms
of a characteristic and are
controlled by genes
Task #3
How Traits are Inherited
On your flap (above the title) write
the following:
Genes: control traits, made
of DNA (located on
chromosomes)
Alleles: different forms a
gene may have for a trait
Example Hair line
(Widows Peak or Straight)
 Task #4 Task #5-2
The Father of Genetics Dominant

On your flap (above the title) write On your flap (above the title) write
the following: the following:

Gegor Mendel Dominant: the allele that

(an Austrian monk)
masks the other allele that
1856 : Experimented with garden its paired with. Allele is
peas to learn about patterns of represented by a capital
inheritance (studied 7
characteristics/traits)
letter.
*Always shows up
Genetics: the study of how traits
are inherited through the action Example:
of alleles. Plant Height Tall (T)
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Recessive
Cut this flap in half.
On your flap (above the title) write (just like we did with the
the following: photosynthesis C.R. foldable)

Recessive: the allele that is

masked or covered up by a
dominant allele unless paired
with another recessive
allele. Allele is represented
by a lower case letter.
Example: Dominant vs. Recessive

Plant Height Short (t)

 Task #7-1 Task #6-1
Cut this flap in half. Cut this flap in half.
(just like we did with the (just like we did with the
photosynthesis C.R. foldable) photosynthesis C.R. foldable)

Homozygous vs. Heterozygous Genotype vs. Phenotype

 Task #6-3 Task #6-2
Phenotype Genotype

On your flap (above the title) write On your flap (above the title) write
the following: the following:

Phenotype: the PHYSICAL Genotype: the two alleles

appearance of a genotype (or two letters) that
represent the genetic
Example: make up of an organism

Plant Height Tall or Example:

Plant Height Tall (TT. Tt)
- Short
- Short (tt)
 Task #7-3
Heterozygous
On your flap (above the title) write
the following:
Heterozygous: having two of
different alleles
1 capital AND
1 lower case letter
Hetero = Different (HYBRID)
Example: Plant Height
Tall (Tt)
Task #7-2
Homozygous
On your flap (above the title) write
the following:
Homozygous: having two of
the SAME alleles
2 capitals
OR 2 lower case letters
Homo = Same (PUREBRED)
Example: Plant Height
Tall (TT) OR Short (tt)
 Task #8
Punnett Squares
On your flap (above the title) write the following:

Alleles from
Punnett Square: a tool homozygous
used in Mendelian T T tall parent
Genetics to predict the
results of a genetic
cross (probability); Alleles from
t Tt Tt
shows all the possible homozygous
combinations of alleles
short parent
t Tt Tt

Probability: a branch of math that helps you predict the chance the
something will happen