Heredity and Genetics

Which of the genotypes listed below is heterozygous?

• AA
• aa
• Aa

The "Father of Genetics"

• Hooke
• Mendel
• Leeuwenhoek
• Schwann

Which of these is a phenotype?

• GG
• Gg
• Green
• gg

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NGSS.HS-LS4-3

NGSS.HS-LS4-4

Which genotype(s) below can be described as homozygous?

• Aa
• AA
• aa
• Both AA and aa

Which of these is homozygous recessive?

• BB
• Bb
• Brown
• bb

In peas, green (G) is dominant to yellow (g). What % of the offspring will be green if the parents are both yellow?

• 0
• 25
• 50
• 100

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NGSS.HS-LS3-3

What % of the offspring in this cross are heterozygous?

• 25
• 50
• 75
• 100

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NGSS.HS-LS3-3

NGSS.HS-LS4-3

In guinea pigs, short hair(H) is dominant to long hair(h). If two heterozygous guinea pigs are crossed, what % of the offspring will have long hair?

• 25
• 50
• 75
• 100

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NGSS.HS-LS3-3

Parts of a chromosome that control hereditary traits:

• centromeres
• chromatids
• genes
• spindle fibers

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

If red is dominant to white, what is the correct percentage for offspring for the cross pictured in this Punnett square?

• 50% red, 50% white
• 0% red, 100% white
• 100% red, 0% white
• 25% red, 75% white

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-3