This is a reading and comprehension activity worksheet that investigates how traits and characteristics are passed between generations of organisms.

It introduces key terms associated with heredity and genetics and explains the use of Punnett squares in the prediction of offspring characteristics.

The comprehension tasks are tiered, with a set of multiple choice questions, short answer questions, a Punnett square task, and an extended writing question.

The four task-based pages are designed to be printed as a booklet, with page 5 being an answer key for the aforementioned tasks.