Heredity and DNA

Heredity is the passing of traits from _____________________ to _____________________

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

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

• dominant traits
• ratio
• phenotype
• genetics

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

• ratio
• trait
• probability
• sex chromosome

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Offspring receives two sets of _____________ (one from each parent)

• blue jeans
• genes
• machines
• pedigree

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_____________________ 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

_____________________ are cells that join to make offspring

• speed cells
• sex cells
• pea cells
• pedigree cells

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__________________ is a tool for tracing through generations of family members.

• Pedigree
• Probability
• Purebred
• Punnett Square

Chromosomes are found in the ____________ of the cell

• Chloroplast
• Nucleus
• Cytoplasm
• Mitochondria

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How many parents in sexual reproduction?

• 1
• 4
• 2
• 3

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