Punnett Square Review!

the passing of genetic traits from parent to offspring.

• heredity
• trait
• gene
• allele

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

An offspring will receive how many alleles from each parent to determine a specific trait?

• one
• two
• three
• five

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

Magda is a tall, 11 year old drummer. She has a scar on her right cheek. She is good at swimming. Which of her traits did Magda most likely inherit?

• height
• the scar
• ability to swim
• ability to play drums

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CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

Two brown eyed parents (Bb) have a baby. What is the chance the baby is blue eyed?

• 0 %
• 25%
• 50%
• 75%

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-3

G = green, g = yellow
The genotype for a yellow plant is...

• GG
• Gg
• gg
• all of the choices result in yellow

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NGSS.MS-LS3-1

T - tall and t = short
In the punnett square below, what belongs in the missing square

• tt
• Tt
• Bb
• TT

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

In a flowering plant species, red flower color (R) is dominant over white flower color (r). What is the genotype of any red-flowering plant resulting from this species?

• rr
• R
• RR
• RR or Rr

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

In plants, tall (T) is dominant to short (t). Perform the following cross: Tt x Tt. What is the probability of producing a short plant?

• 0%
• 25%
• 50%
• 75%

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NGSS.HS-LS3-3

Genotype refers to the ...

• physical expression of the genes
• the possible combination of alleles in a gene
• whether an allele is dominant or recessive
• how an organism will appear

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

What is the dominant trait?

• yellow pea seeds
• green pea seeds
• there is no dominant seed
• Jolly green giant

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2