Genetics Unit

Heredity is the passing of traits from _____________________ to _____________________

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

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

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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

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

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

Offspring receives two sets of _____________ (one from each parent)

• blue jeans
• genes
• machines
• pedigree

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

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

• phenotype
• ratio
• recessive trait
• heredity

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

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

______________________ is the mathematical chance that something will happen

• division
• selective breeding
• ratio
• probability

_____________________ are cells that join to make offspring

• speed cells
• sex cells
• pea cells
• pedigree cells

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

A unit of genetic material that determines a trait

• Carrier
• DNA
• chromosome
• Gene

What is genetics?

• The study of DNA nucleotides
• The study of heredity
• The study of a cell dividing into 2
• The study of eye color

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NGSS.MS-LS3-1

NGSS.MS-LS3-2

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