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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Module 4 Understanding Heredity

Mendel’s Experiments 124
a. What is the Cross-Pollination Experiment? 124
b. What is the Conclusion of Mendel’s Experiment? 125
Genetic Inheritance 131
a. What Control Traits? 131
b. What are the Patterns of Inheritance? 133
The Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) 139
a. What is DNA? 139
b. How DNA Changes Affect Traits? 142
The Cell Cycle 147
a. What is the Cell Cycle? 147
b. What is the Mitotic Phase? 149
Inheritance and Mutations 154
a. What is Genetic Inheritance? 154
b. What Inf uences Traits? 156
Traits: Adaptations 163
a. What is Variation in Adaptation? 163
b. What are the Types of Adaptation? 165
Ecosystems and Biomes 171
a. How is an Ecosystem Different From a Biome? 171

Module 5 Genetic Inheritance and Evolution

Inheritance of Traits 180
a. How are Traits Passed? 180
b. What did Mendel Discover About Heredity? 182
Genetic Outcomes 189
a. What is Punnett Square? 189
b. What are the Patterns of Inheritance? 191
c. Why are Diseases Inherited? 193
Variations and Natural Selection 199
a. What is Natural Selection? 199
b. Why Traits Change? 202

Module 6 Materials and Their Uses

Materials and Their Uses 210
a. The Properties of Materials 210
b. Metals and Non-Metals 213
Types of Materials 218
a. What is Glass and Its Uses? 218
b. What are Ceramics and Plastics? 220
c. What are Fibers and Their Uses? 224
Compound Materials 228
a. What are Compound Materials? 228

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