Inheritance

What are small stretches of DNA that code for traits

• Nucleus
• Chromosomes
• Gene
• Centromeres

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

Where is all the genetic information in a cell?

• Nucleus
• Nucleotides
• Chromosomes
• Cytoplasm

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What does DNA stand for?

• Deoxyribonucleic Acid
• Deoxyribose Enzymes
• Deoxyribose Messenger 
• Retro deoxyribose Acis

Which of the following alleles is homozygous (purebred) recessive?

• Tt
• tt
• TT
• t

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

Which of the following is a phenotype?

• Aa
• red hair
• heterozygous genes
• mutated DNA

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

In a heterozygous genotype, the ___________ allele takes over in the phenotype.

• recessive
• dominant
• lower case letter
• both 

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

G = green, g = yellow
The genotype for a yellow plant is...

• GG
• Gg
• gg
• all of the choices result in yellow

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

Who is considered the "father of genetics"?

• Gregor Mendel
• Reginald Punnett
• James Watson
• Justin Bieber

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

T = tall an t = short
What is the phenotype for Tt?

• short
• tall
• medium sized
• neither tall or short

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

How many alleles (letters) do each person carry for a trait?

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2