8th Grade Genetics Test Review
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7th - 9th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A characteristic such as eye color or hair color
trait
allele
DNA
gene
Tags
NGSS.HS-LS3-1
NGSS.HS-LS3-2
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Appears only when the individual inherits two of these alleles (a "weaker" gene)
recessive trait
dominant trait
allele
chromosome
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
appears when one or two of the allele is inherited (a "stronger" gene)
recessive trait
dominant trait
allele
chromosome
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
"The Father of Modern Genetics"
Gregor Mendel
Albert Einstein
Bill Nye
Isaac Newton
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
the passage of characteristics from parent to offspring
heredity
camouflage
heterozygous
homozygous
Tags
NGSS.HS-LS3-1
NGSS.HS-LS3-2
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
inherited DIFFERENT forms of a gene (one dominant, one recessive) Bb
heterozygous
homozygous
genotype
phenotype
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
inherited IDENTICAL forms of a gene (BB or bb)
heterozygous
homozygous
genotype
phenotype
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