Genetics Test Review

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

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

___________________________ 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

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

• ratio
• trait
• probability
• sex chromosome

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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

True or False:  Recessive traits are ALWAYS present 

• True
• False

A ___________________ is a relationship between two numbers

• genetic
• trait
• ratio
• cycle

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

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

Dominant or recessive?
tt

• Dominant 
• Recessive

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

Dominant or recessive?
Dd

• Dominant
• recessive
• neither
• homozygous

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

The physical appearance of a gene:

• Genotype
• Heredity
• Phenotype
• Allele