Genetics

Heredity is the passing of traits from _____________________ to _____________________

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

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

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

• dominant traits
• ratio
• phenotype
• genetics

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

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

• ratio
• trait
• probability
• sex chromosome

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Chromosomes are found in the ____________ of the cell

• Chloroplast
• Nucleus
• Cytoplasm
• Mitochondria

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NGSS.MS-LS1-1

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

After Mendel died scientists began to recognize the importance of his ideas. They called him a name. What was that name?

• Father of genes
• Father of heredity
• Father of genetics
• Father of traits

This trait always shows up in an organism when the allele is present

• dominant allele
• codominance
• probability
• recessive allele

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

This trait is hidden whenever the dominant allele is present

• dominant allele
• codominance
• recessive allele
• Punnett Square

An organism's physical appearance or visible traits

• fertilization
• genotype
• phenotype
• homozygous

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NGSS.MS-LS3-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

An organism's genetic makeup, or allele combination

• fertilization
• genotype
• phenotype
• heterozygous

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

A new organism begins to form when egg and sperm join in a process called

• fertilization
• phenotype
• homozygous
• heterozygous