Heredity and Reproduction

Heredity is the passage of what from parent to offspring?

• Genetic Material

• Oxygenated blood

• Digestive enzymes

• Connective tissue

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NGSS.MS-LS3-1

NGSS.MS-LS3-2

A gene is best described as -

• the release of energy.

• the waste produced by cells.

• a unit of heredity.

• a collection of adaptations.

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

The inherited traits of an organism are governed by -

• leukocytes

• enzymes

• cytoplasm

• genes

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NGSS.MS-LS3-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

What structure in a cell contains the genetic information?

• Ribosome

• Mitochondria

• Lysosome

• Nucleus

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2

NGSS.MS-LS3-1

The hereditary information in animal and plant cells is located on the chromosomes, which the cells store in the -

• vacuoles

• cytoplasm

• nucleus

• ribosomes

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NGSS.MS-LS3-1

Recessive genes are expressed under which of the following conditions?

• In green plants that reproduce through seeds.

• Every time they are found in an organism.

• Only in the absence of dominant genes for the same trait.

• When asexual organisms produce a pair of offspring.

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

The Appalachian shoestring fern reproduces asexually. What can be concluded about the offspring of this fern? The genetic material of the offspring of the Appalachian shoestring fern -

• varies greatly from one generation to the next.

• is different for each individual offspring.

• could never be predicted with any reliability.

• is identical to that of the parent plant.

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

Heredity defines the passage of genetic material from -

• parent to child

• sibling to sibling

• mate to mate

• predator to prey

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

Recessive traits are expressed –

• in one quarter of all offspring produced.

• always, in all members of the population.

• only when the dominant gene is not present.

• if the trait is carried by the male parent.

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

A gene can be best described as a unit of -

• heredity

• metabolism.

• circulation

• digestion