inheritance

inheritance

6th - 8th Grade

15 Qs

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Biology

6th - 8th Grade

Medium

NGSS
HS-LS3-1, HS-LS3-2, HS-LS3-3

Standards-aligned

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15 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

10 sec • 1 pt

Who was the father of genetics 

Sagan 
Issac Newton 
Gregor Mendel 
C.jenkins 

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is the definition of Homozygous?

When one allele is dominant and one is recessive
When an individual has two sets of the same allele.
when it is neither dominant or recessive

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is the definition of heterozygous? 

when an individual has two sets of the same allele
when it is neither dominant or recessive
A pair of genes where one is dominant and one is recessive.

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The genotype is the ______________.

physical appearance
Genetic makeup
Alleles gained from one parent

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The phenotype is the _______________.

physical appearance of an organism
Genetic makeup 
Alleles acquired from a specific parent.

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The passing of characters from parents to offspring is called?

Monohybrid cross
Heredity
True breeding
Genetics

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

An allele whose trait only shows up when no dominant allele is present.

hidden allele
dominant allele
recessive allele
present allele

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