Genetics and Heredity

Heredity is the passing of traits from _____________________ to _____________________

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

If a child has sandy blonde hair, they inherited a certain _______________ from their parents.

• ratio
• trait
• probability
• sex chromosome

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

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

True or False:  Recessive traits are ALWAYS capitalized 

• True
• False

_____________________ is the appearance of an organism, or how it looks

• phenotype
• ratio
• recessive trait
• heredity

A ________________________ is used to predict the possible genotype from certain parents

• Mendel Grid
• Genetic Tic Tac Toe
• Punnett Square
• Pedigree Plot

When humans breed purebred dogs to look a certain way and have traits that they like, this is an example of ___________________________

• Probably Breeding
• Sectional Breeding
• Selective Breeding
• Suspended Breeding

Dominant or recessive?
tt

• Dominant 
• Recessive

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Dominant or recessive?
Dd

• Dominant
• recessive
• neither
• homozygous

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You get your genes from:

• Department Store
• Parents
• Aunt
• Neighbor

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