Genetics and Traits

Genetics and Traits

Multiple Choice

Which of these are characteristics of inherited traits?

• being able to speak in front of a crowd

• having green eyes and brown hair

• mastering your multiplication facts

• becoming a teacher

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is true regarding inheriting traits:

• Dominant traits are less likely to be seen.

• You must have only one recessive gene in order to express the trait.

• The recessive trait always is seen over the dominant trait.

• Dominant traits are more likely to be expressed because you only need one gene.

Multiple Choice

The physical appearance of an organisms is also referred to as:

• genotype

• phenotype

• chromosome

• incomplete dominance

Multiple Choice

The genotype is:

• the genetic makeup of an organism.

• the physical appearance of an organism.

• the deletion of a chromosome.

• the passing of traits from parent to offspring.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is true?

• Your set of DNA is the same as your siblings'

• Your set of DNA is the same as your mother's

• Your set of DNA is the same as your father's

• Your set of DNA is unique to you

Multiple Choice

What is heredity?

• A kind of genetic disorder

• The way that DNA divides

• A trait you inherit from your parents

• The passing down of traits from parents to children