Heredity and Genetics

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What is the scientific study of heredity?

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Genetics

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

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What is the passage of genetic instructions from one generation to the next?

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Heredity

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

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What is a segment of DNA found on a chromosome; determines the inheritance of a particular trait?

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Gene

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A ___________ is behavioral characteristics or physical attributes of an organism that are expressed by genes and/or influenced by the environment. Options: Trait, DNA, Allele

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Trait, DNA, Allele

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

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What is the different possibilities for a given trait? Options: Gene, Allele, Heredity, Nucleus

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Allele

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A _________ trait masks the other trait; it is the trait that shows if present.

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Dominant

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What is a trait that will only exhibit when the dominant allele is not present?

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Recessive

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Choose the correct match between genotype and phenotype.

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A genotype is the genetic makeup of an organism or the set of genes an organism carries in its cells. A phenotype is the physical characteristics of an organism.

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NGSS.HS-LS1-1