Heredity

Heredity is the passing of traits from _____________________ to _____________________

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

Tags

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

Tags

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

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

True or False:  Recessive traits are ALWAYS present 

• True
• False

A ___________________ is a relationship between two numbers

• genetic
• trait
• ratio
• cycle

The different forms of a gene

• heredity
• genetics
• gene
• alleles

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

NGSS.HS-LS4-2

Offspring receive the same amount of hereditary information from each parent.

• true

• false

What allele combination should go in the missing box?

• AA
• Aa
• aa
• none of these

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

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

• Tt
• tt
• TT
• t