Heredity/Genetics Review

Special characteristics that are determined by parents and passed to offspring are

• chromosomes.

• learned traits.

• inherited traits.

• environmental factors.

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What is the part of the cell with the plan or rule for what we look like on the outside and how we work on the inside?

• gene/chromosome

• nucleus

• alleles

• environmental factors

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Which organism shares or passes its genes on to offspring?

• offspring

• mother

• father

• parent

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What are special abilities that result from life experience or environmental factors called?

• inherited traits

• environmental factors

• chromosomes

• learned traits

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Which organism receives its genes from the parents?

• genes

• offspring

• alleles

• characteristics

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These can affect an organisms abilities or characteristics

• inherited traits

• environmental factors

• learned traits

• environmental issues

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Humans have 23 pairs of _______________ with over 22,000 combinations of genes.

• traits

• chromosomes

• cells

• chemicals

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What kind of trait is eye color?

• learned

• processed

• inherited

• natural

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DNA is made up of four what?

• chromosomes

• cells

• chemicals

• characteristics

Differences, or variations, in the order of traits within each gene make each organism what?

• similar

• familiar

• difficult

• unique

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