KS3 Biology — Heredity — Free Worksheet

🧬 Find out why offspring look like their parents with this free KS3 Biology worksheet — no preparation required, just download and use. Heredity is the process by which features are passed from parents to their offspring through reproduction, and this taster resource introduces the basics for students aged 11–14.

📦 What's included:

3 questions, 13 marks:

Multiple choice — the scientific term for the young produced by reproduction

Fill-in-the-blank — a passage covering reproduction, offspring, species, parents and life cycle (5 marks)

Short answer — explaining why a tadpole does not look like its frog parents, even though it is their offspring (6 marks)

Full answer key included.

🎬 Watch the free video lesson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6mXVwliVtk

👩‍🏫 Google Classroom ready — copy the link straight into your assignment. Print as many copies as your class needs.

🔓 This is a taster only. The full 100-mark worksheet goes deeper into how features are passed from both parents to offspring, visible and invisible inherited features, variation between siblings, and why identical twins are the only exception — available on its own, or as part of the Complete Lesson Pack with extension activities. Save £1 buying the pack (£3 + £3 = £6 separately, £5 together).

Price: Free