TCAP Review

What you see, or the physical appearance.

• Genotype

• Phenotype

• Homozygous

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS4-4

AA and Aa always show up as

• dominant
• recessive

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Dominant alleles are represented by a:

• Male gene
• lowercase letter
• recessive trait
• capital letter

___________________________ is the study of how traits are passed on, or inherited.

• dominant traits
• ratio
• phenotype
• genetics

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Heredity is the passing of traits from _____________________ to _____________________

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

Tags

CCSS.RF.5.3A

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.3.3C

The children of parents are called____________________.

• kids

• spouses

• offspring

• babies

Which of these are an inherited trait?

• A seal balancing a ball
• A dog getting the newspaper
• A spider spinning a web
• An ape using sign language

Characteristics or ________________are passed down from parents to offspring.

• skills

• DNA

• chromosomes

• traits

Which trait would most likely be inherited by a baby?

• Four fingers and a thumb on each hand
• Ability to jump high
• Broken fingernail
• Ability to speak English

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-1

The physical appearance of expression of a trait, such as blue eyes, is the _____________________.

• genotrype

• phenotype