Introduction to Genetics and Punnett Squares Quiz

Learned traits. . .

• are learned from experience

• are traits that an organism is born with

• come from an organisms parents

Inherited traits are. . .

• traits that are learned

• traits that an organism is born with

• traits that come from a long, hard journey

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Which is an example of a learned trait?

• Riding a bike

• Brown Eyes

• Height

Which is an example of an inherited trait?

• Riding a bike

• Height

• Cooking

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Genetics is the study of

• pea plants

• heredity

• Gregor Mendel

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Heredity is

• traits that are passed from parent to offspring

• cross breeding pea plants

• articifical selection

• traits that are learned from experience

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Who is recognized known as the father of modern genetics?

• Gabrielle Madriz

• Charles Darwin

• Gregor Mendel

• Albert Einstein

A gene is a unit that. . .

• determines traits

• creates blue jeans

• determines the amount of energy the body uses

• creates different kinds of materials

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Alleles are . . .

• different types of DNA

• different forms of a gene

• things that are learned from experience

• Punnett Square

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Which of the following is a dominant allele?

• A

• a