Genetics and Heredity 2

Which characteristic would most likely be inherited by a baby?

• brown hair
• crying a lot
• ability to jump high
• his ability to talk

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A dog rolls over and receives a treat. The dog rolls over again. This is an example of...

• learned behavior
• adaptive behavior
• inherited behavior
• instinctive behavior

If you had to describes an inherited trait which could you use?

• a characteristic one chooses to express

• a characteristic one receives from the food one eats

• a characteristic that is passed on from your parents

• a characteristic that is influenced by one's surroundings

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

• dominant traits
• ratio
• phenotype
• genetics

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An organisms eye color, fur color, ear shape, plant height are all examples of _________________.

• phenotypes

• genotypes

• genes

• chromosomes

In the study of genetics Bb, CC, hh are best identified as. _____________.

• genotype

• phenotype

• recessive

• dominant

Segments of DNA that determines a specific trait are called ______________?

• Gene

• Phenotype

• Chromosome

• Alleles

Different forms of a gene such as hair color and eye color.

• chromosomes

• genetics

• allele

• chromatid

A wrinkled seed and a round seed are crossed. Only the round trait shows in the offspring. Which would be the recessive trait?

• Round

• Wrinkled

• Yellow

• flat

A weak trait that can be covered up during reproduction.

• dominant

• recessive

• chromosome

• DNA