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Spell Bee Word: Genetics


What does genetics mean?

Word: Genetics

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Genetics means the study of genes, the tiny instructions inside living cells that parents pass on to their children.

How do you spell genetics?

Syllables: ge - net - ics

Tricky part: The vowel after the n is e, not a, and the ending is ics, as in physics.

Watch out for: jenetics, genetiks, genatics

Memory tip: Begin with gene, the thing genetics studies, and the e after the n comes free with it.

Genetics in a sentence

Example 1: Genetics explains why you might have your mother's curly hair.

Example 2: My sister wants to study genetics at university.

Example 3: Farmers use what they know of genetics to breed cows that give more milk.

Fun Fact

Gregor Mendel, a scientist who grew thousands of pea plants in the 1850s and 1860s, is often called the father of genetics.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

genettics

a) c
b) n
c) t
d) e

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c) t. Just one t sits between the second e and the i.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) chemestry
b) biolagy
c) sceince
d) genetics

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d) genetics. The other three each slip: biology, science and chemistry.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

csetngie

a) geniuses
b) generous
c) genetics
d) gentle

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c) genetics. Generous needs an r, o and u that are not here, gentle leaves three letters over and geniuses needs a u; genetics uses all eight.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which question would genetics help to answer?

a) Why do stars twinkle?
b) Why do rivers flow downhill?
c) Why does iron go rusty?
d) Why do twins often look alike?

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d) Why do twins often look alike?

2. Genetics mostly decides ____.

a) the school you go to
b) the games you like to play
c) the natural colour of your eyes
d) the language you speak at home

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c) the natural colour of your eyes

Associated Words

Words that end in -tics: gymnastics, athletics, robotics, statistics, logistics

More words from this list

jeweller, nylon, receipt, sportsman, unpredictable, aquarium, common, displacement

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