Heredity Pre-Assessment S2

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What do your genes affect?

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How your body grows and looks.

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What is an inherited trait of a plant?

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Color of flower.

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What is a recessive allele?

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An allele that is hidden when a dominant allele is present.

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What is genotype?

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An organism's genetic makeup or combination of alleles.

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What is phenotype?

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The organism's physical appearance or visible traits.

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What is a dominant allele?

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An allele that can mask the effect of a recessive allele.

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What is heredity?

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The passing of traits from parents to offspring.

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What is a trait?

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A characteristic or feature of an organism.

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What is a chromosome?

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A structure made of DNA that contains genes.

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What are alleles?

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Different forms of a gene that can exist at a specific locus.