1. Arrange students into groups. Each group needs at least ONE person who has a mobile device.
2. If their phone camera doesn't automatically detect and decode QR codes, ask students to
4. Cut them out and place them around your class / school.
1. Give each group a clipboard and a piece of paper so they can write down the decoded questions and their answers to them.
2. Explain to the students that the codes are hidden around the school. Each team will get ONE point for each question they correctly decode and copy down onto their sheet, and a further TWO points if they can then provide the correct answer and write this down underneath the question.
3. Away they go! The winner is the first team to return with the most correct answers in the time available. This could be within a lesson, or during a lunchbreak, or even over several days!
4. A detailed case study in how to set up a successful QR Scavenger Hunt using this tool can be found here.
Question | Answer |
| 1. What is the name of the type of cell division that creates haploid cells? | Meiosis | 2. What type of cells are haploid?2 | gametes 2 | 3. What type of cells make up most of your body?3 | somatic cells 3 | 4. Where are germ cells located?4 | testes & ovaries 4 | 5. How many chromosomes will you usually find in human brain cells?5 | 46 5 | 6. Where do you find germ cells? | ovaries & testes | 7. What does the word "haploid" mean? | 1 set of chromosomes | 8. What does the word "diploid" mean? | 2 sets of chromosomes | 9. Which type of cells undergo meiosis? | germ cells | 10. How many chromosomes should there be in a human egg cell? | 23 | 11. What do you call chromosomes that carry the same genes and have the same structure? | homologous chromosomes | 12. What are chromosome pairs 1-22 called? | autosomes | 13. What determines gender in mammals? | X and Y chromosomes/ sex chromosomes | 14. What is the name of the cell created at fertilization? | zygote | 15. What type of cells are diploid? | somatic cells | 16. What type of cell division creates gametes? | meiosis | 17. What type of cell division creates body cells? | mitosis | 18. Which type of cell division creates genetically unique cells? | meiosis | 19. Which type of cell division happens throughout ones lifetime? | mitosis | 20. What does gametogenesis mean? | production of gametes | 21. What does the sperm contribute to an embryo? | primarily DNA | 22. How many egg cells are created at the end of oogenesis? | 1 | 23. What do you call cells that disintegrate during female meiosis? | polar bodies | 24. When does crossing over occur? | prophase I | 25. What is separated in Meiosis I? | homologous chromosomes | 26. What is separated in Meiosis II? | sister chromatids | 27. What is it called when 2 genes on the same chromosome tend to be inherited together? | genetic linkage | 28. IF 2 genes are on the same chromosome, what determines if they are likely to be inherited together or separated during meiosis? | distance between the 2 genes | 29. The farther apart 2 genes are located on a chromosome, the _____ likely they are to be separated by crossing over | more | 30. What are 2 ways to increase genetic diversity of the next generation? | crossing over, independent assortment, random fertilization | 31. What do you call the physical traits expressed by an organism? | phenotype |
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How many chromosomes should there be in a human egg cell?&choe=UTF-8
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What do you call chromosomes that carry the same genes and have the same structure?&choe=UTF-8
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What are chromosome pairs 1-22 called?&choe=UTF-8
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What determines gender in mammals?&choe=UTF-8
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What is the name of the cell created at fertilization?&choe=UTF-8
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What type of cells are diploid?&choe=UTF-8
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What type of cell division creates gametes?&choe=UTF-8
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What type of cell division creates body cells?&choe=UTF-8
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Which type of cell division creates genetically unique cells?&choe=UTF-8
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Which type of cell division happens throughout ones lifetime?&choe=UTF-8
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What does gametogenesis mean?&choe=UTF-8
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What does the sperm contribute to an embryo?&choe=UTF-8
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How many egg cells are created at the end of oogenesis?&choe=UTF-8
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What do you call cells that disintegrate during female meiosis?&choe=UTF-8
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When does crossing over occur?&choe=UTF-8
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What is separated in Meiosis I?&choe=UTF-8
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What is separated in Meiosis II?&choe=UTF-8
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What is it called when 2 genes on the same chromosome tend to be inherited together?&choe=UTF-8
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IF 2 genes are on the same chromosome, what determines if they are likely to be inherited together or separated during meiosis?&choe=UTF-8
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The farther apart 2 genes are located on a chromosome, the _____ likely they are to be separated by crossing over&choe=UTF-8
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What are 2 ways to increase genetic diversity of the next generation?&choe=UTF-8
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What do you call the physical traits expressed by an organism?&choe=UTF-8
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