Genetics Test

The organism's physical expression or appearance is known as its

• Heredity

• Pedigree

• Phenotype

• Genotype

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NGSS.HS-LS1-1

The trait that seems to recede in the background in first-generation offspring is the

• Genotype

• Phenotype

• Dominant trait

• Recessive trait

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

If you cross a white dog (with the genotype pp) with a purple dog (with the genotype PP), the possible genotypes of the offspring are

• PP and pp

• All Pp

• All PP

• All pp

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

If two dogs are heterozygous for thick fur and they have puppies, what is the probability that the puppies will show the recessive trait - thin fur?

• 1/4

• 2/4

• 3/4

• 4/4

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

NGSS.HS-LS3-3

Which of the following are traits that a dog would probably inherit?

• The length of its tail

• How fast it runs

• How much it drools

• All of the above

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Marty is heterozygous for a big nose just like his wife, Marge. What percentage of their children will have big noses?

• 25%

• 50%

• 75%

• 100%

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

NGSS.HS-LS3-3

Which of the following is a phenotype?

• Aa

• red hair

• heterozygous

• DNA

What you see, or the physical appearance.

• Genotype
• Phenotype
• Homozygous
• Heterozygous

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

what is heredity?

• the passing of traits from parents to offspring

• the study of heredity

• the study of genetics

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

If an organism has 2 identical alleles for a particular trait then it is

• heterozygous

• homozygous

• hybrid