Very Short Question and Answers - Introduction to Heredity and Variation
Q 1.
What is heredity?
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Q 2.
What are genes?
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Q 3.
Give one example of heredity in agriculture.
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Q 4.
How do animals inherit characteristics from their parents?
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Q 5.
What is variation?
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Q 6.
What are inherited or genetic variations?
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Q 7.
What are acquired or environmental variations?
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Q 8.
Give an example of inherited variation in agriculture.
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Q 9.
Give an example of acquired variation in crops.
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Q 10.
What is the importance of variation in agriculture?
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Q 11.
Describe an example of heredity using Gregor Mendel’s experiments.
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Q 12.
How can understanding heredity benefit plant breeders?
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Q 13.
Explain how hybrid crops are developed.
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Q 14.
Why do genetically similar plants sometimes grow differently?
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Q 15.
How is livestock improvement carried out using heredity?
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Q 16.
What is the role of genes in disease resistance in plants?
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Q 17.
Name two popular high-yielding or hybrid crops developed using the principles of heredity.
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Q 18.
How do variation and heredity together help crops adapt to their environment?
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Q 19.
What is the difference between hereditary and acquired traits?
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Q 20.
Summarize in one sentence why understanding heredity and variation is crucial in agriculture.
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