Heredity Review Quiz

Heredity is the passing of traits from _____________________ to _____________________

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

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

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

___________________________ is the study of how traits are passed on, or inherited.

• dominant traits
• ratio
• phenotype
• genetics

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

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

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

A ___________________ is a relationship between two numbers

• genetic
• trait
• ratio
• cycle

one set of instructions for an inherited trait

• heredity
• allele
• trait
• gene

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NGSS.HS-LS1-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

one of the alternative forms of a gene that governs a characteristic, such as hair color

• allele
• gene
• trait
• DNA

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

You get your genes from:

• Department Store
• Parents
• Aunt
• Neighbor

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

Dominant or recessive?
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• Dominant 
• Recessive

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1