Genetics

The term that refers to passing genetics from one generaton to the next.

• DNA

• behavior

• heredity

• inheritance

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Long hair is a dominant trait. Choose the BEST statement.

• This guinea pig received two dominant traits. (HH)

• This guinea pig cannot have a recessive allele. (h)

• This guinea pig could be homozygous dominant (HH) or heterozygous (Hh)

• This guinea pig is homozygous recessive (hh)

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Which term refers to an organism's physical appearance

• recessive allele

• dominant

• genotype

• phenotype

Which term refers to an organism's genetic traits?

• offspring

• genotype

• phenotype

• behavior

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If one parent is heterozygous, what does that mean? Choose all that apply.

• One dominant allele, one recessive allele

• It means they are a hybrid

• They have one capital letter and one lowercase letter as symbols

• They can pass on either allele

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This little guy has a recessive trait. Choose the best statement.

• Both parents gave him an "h". (hh)

• He has one "H" and one "h".

• He will die without hair.

• He is a baby and his hair will grow in a few more days.

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Choose the best statement.

• It is impossible for this snake to produce an albino baby.

• This snake could have had two albino parents.

• This snake can produce an albino baby if it has a recessive allele and the other parent has a recessive allele.

• This snake cannot produce an albino baby because I can tell by looking at it that it is AA.

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Mendel concluded that alleles for tall pea plants is dominant. If you cross a TT with a Tt, how many plants would be tall?

• 50%

• 100%

• 25%

• 75%

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James, David, and Evelyn are discussing their unique characteristics. In this context, another name for their unique characteristics could be:

• genetics

• heredity

• traits

• allele

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Hannah, Luna, and Jackson are studying genetics. They learned that different forms of a gene are called ______. Can you help them with the correct term?

• alleles

• traits

• genotype

• phenotype

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