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Heredity and Inheritance

Authored by Claire Hanrahan

Biology

8th - 9th Grade

NGSS covered

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

What is a phenotype?

The expression of a trait; what you see.
refers to the genetic makeup of an individual
An organism that has the same genes for a trait (ex. TT or tt)
the passing of traits from parent to offspring

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2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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A corn plant heterozygous for tall sprouts mates with a corn plant with short sprouts. If tall sprouts are dominant, What is the probability that the offspring will be short?

0%

25%

50%

75%

100%

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

If a heterozygous tall pea plant is crossed with a short pea plant, what are the possible genotypes of the future offspring?

100% Tt
50% Tt, 50% tt
75%Tt, 25%tt
25%TT, 50%Tt, 25%tt

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-3

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

A dog gives birth to 5 puppies. What percentage of the chromosomes does each puppy share with the mother?

25%
50%
75%
100%

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Y for yellow body is dominant over y for blue body. What genotypes would produce yellow bodies?

YY,yy

Yy,yy

YY only

YY,Yy

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

G = green, g = yellow
The genotype for a yellow plant is...

GG
Gg
gg
all of the choices result in yellow

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Term for an organism that displays two dominant phenotypes at the same time

codominance

incomplete dominance

multiple alleles

linked genes

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