Heredity

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

Why did Mendel choose to study pea plants in order to learn how traits are passed from parent to offspring?

• Pea plants grow quickly
• Pea plants are ultraviolet
• Pea plants are rare and expensive
• Pea plants are take years to grow

One trait that is ALWAYS present and causes the other traits to disappear is a ________________________

• recessive trait
• aggressive trait
• absent trait
• dominant trait

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

_____________________ is the appearance of an organism, or how it looks

• phenotype
• ratio
• recessive trait
• heredity

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

A ________________________ is used to predict the possible genotype from certain parents

• Mendel Grid
• Genetic Tic Tac Toe
• Punnett Square
• Pedigree Plot

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NGSS.HS-LS3-3

NGSS.HS-LS4-3

What is a recessive allele?

• A trait that is always shown (capital letter)
• A trait that can be hidden (lower case letter)
• Alleles that are the same
• Alleles that are different

The genes of an organism

• Mesotype
• Phenotype
• Teletype
• Genotype

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

This means Same Gene

• Dominant
• Recessive
• Heterozygous
• Homozygous

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

This means Different Gene

• Dominant
• Recessive
• Homozygous
• Heterozygous

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2