Heredity

Heredity is the passing of traits from _____________________ to _____________________

• predators to prey
• water to rain
• parents to offspring
• fungi to protists

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

___________________________ is the study of how traits are passed on, or inherited.

• dominant traits
• ratio
• phenotype
• genetics

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

One trait that is ALWAYS present and causes the other traits to disappear is a ________________________

• recessive trait
• aggressive trait
• absent trait
• dominant trait

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

Homozygous or heterozygous?
BB

• Homozygous
• Heterozygous

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

Dominant or recessive?
tt

• Dominant 
• Recessive

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

Which of the following pairs is homozygous dominant?

• Hh
• Pp
• HH
• aa

Which of the following is heterozygous?

• Hh
• gg
• HH
• GG

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

having two of the same genes for the trait (sometimes called purebred).

• homozygous
• hetrozygous
• protein
• chromosome

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Which of the following alleles is homozygous recessive?

• Tt
• tt
• TT
• T

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

Dominant alleles are represented by a:

• Male gene
• lowercase letter
• recessive trait
• capital letter