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This document contains an activity worksheet about sex determination. Students are asked to: 1) Draw a Punnett square showing inheritance of sex chromosomes, with XX for females and XY for males. 2) Answer questions about what determines the sex of a child based on whether the sperm carries an X or Y chromosome. 3) Determine that based on the Punnett square, 50% of children should be male.

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Boy or Girl Act

This document contains an activity worksheet about sex determination. Students are asked to: 1) Draw a Punnett square showing inheritance of sex chromosomes, with XX for females and XY for males. 2) Answer questions about what determines the sex of a child based on whether the sperm carries an X or Y chromosome. 3) Determine that based on the Punnett square, 50% of children should be male.

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Name_________________________________________ Date:_______________

Grade and Section _______________________

Activity 4

“Boy or Girl?”

Procedure:

1. Draw a Punnett square which shows the inheritance of the sex chromosomes. Represent the
female sex chromosomes with XX and the male sex chromosomes with XY.

Guide Questions:
What will be the sex of a child produced when an egg is fertilized by a sperm that has a Y chromosome?
_______________________________________________

What type of sperm must fertilize an egg to result in a female


child?_________________________________________________

Based on this Punnett Square, what percent of children would you expect to be
male?____________________________________________________

Which sex chromosome is present in both male and


female?____________________________________________________

Infer which sex chromosomes determine a person’s sex.


_______________________________________________

What are the other factors that may influence the expression of
human sexuality?.________________________________________

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