Heredity Vocabulary

Heredity Vocabulary

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Heredity

the passing of traits from parent to offspring

Multiple Choice

Which type of reproduction results in traits passing from two parents to the offspring?

• asexual

• sexual

Offspring

a new organism that is the product of reproduction

Multiple Select

What is true of offspring from asexual reproduction? (check all that apply)

• identical to the parent

• genetically different from the parent

• the same traits

• a combination of traits from mom and dad

Inherit

to receive genetic information and traits from a parent or parents

Gene

• a part of a chromosome in a cell that controls a particular characteristic such as height or eye color

• Passed from parents to their offspring

• a segment of DNA

• Information that determines traits

Multiple Choice

These are found "on" chromosomes and are segments or pieces of DNA.

• genes

• cells

• chromosomes

• DNA

Traits

a quality that is inherited.

Multiple Choice

In sexual reproduction you inherit

• traits from only mom

• traits from mom and dad

• traits from only dad

Generation

a group of related organisms making up a single step in the line of descent

Open Ended

Describe the generations in your family

chromosome

coiled DNA, found in the nucleus and during mitosis and meiosis

Multiple Choice

In sexual reproduction in humans, how many chromosomes come from each parent?

• 58

• 46

• 23

• 100