heredity

The passing of traits from parents to offspring

• heredity
• genetics
• trait
• alleles

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Characteristics can also be called

• heredity
• traits
• gene 
• alleles

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Heredity is the passing of traits from _____________________ to _____________________

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

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If a child has red hair, they inherited a certain _______________ from their parents.

• ratio
• trait
• probability
• sex chromosome

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When the patient needs eye surgery because he has the same eye problem as his mom and dad, it is a(n) ______ .

• learned behavior

• acquired physical trait

• inherited physical trait

• instinct

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The ability to play chess is BEST described as a

• genetic trait.

• learned behavior.

• DNA behavior.

• result of protein production.

Which example below is a learned behavior?

• the length of your fingers

• getting the flu

• running a race

• blinking

Which example below is an inherited trait?

• tying your shoes

• reading a book

• the shape of someone's mouth

• the language someone speaks

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

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If a poodle and a bulldog had babies together, what would the puppies look like?

• The puppies would look like a poodle.

• The puppies would look like a bulldog.

• The puppies would have no ears.

• The puppies would look like a mixture of a poodle and a bulldog.

The passing of DNA from parents to offspring

• Generation
• Heredity
• Inheritance
• Traits

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