science heredity practice

Heredity is the passing of traits from _____________________ to _____________________

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

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

• dominant traits
• ratio
• phenotype
• genetics

If a child has red 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

A ___________________ is a relationship between two numbers

• genetic
• trait
• ratio
• cycle

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

• blue jeans
• genes
• machines
• pedigree

_____________________ 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

______________________ is the mathematical chance that something will happen

• division
• selective breeding
• ratio
• probability

_____________________ are cells that join to make offspring

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