Heredity & Genetics

Heredity is the passage of what from parent to offspring?

• genetic material

• digestive enzymes

• Connective Tissue

• Oxygenated Blood

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NGSS.MS-LS3-1

NGSS.MS-LS3-2

A gene is best describes as -

• The release of energy

• The waste produced by cells

• A unit of heredity

• A collection of adaptations

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NGSS.MS-LS3-1

The inherited traits of an organism are governed by –

• leukocytes

• cytoplasm

• enzymes

• genes

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NGSS.MS-LS3-1

The hereditary information in animal and plant cells is located on the chromosomes, which the cells store in the –

• vacuoles

• nucleus

• cytoplasm

• ribosomes

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NGSS.MS-LS1-1

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

What structure in a cell contains the genetic information?

• Lysosome

• Ribosome

• Nucleus

• Mitochondria

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2

NGSS.MS-LS3-1

Recessive genes are expressed under which of the following conditions?

• Every time they are found in an organism.

• In green plants that reproduce through seeds.

• When asexual organisms produce a pair of offspring.

• Only in the absence of dominant genes for the same trait.

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Heredity defines the passage of genetic material from –

• parent to child

• sibling to sibling

• mate to mate

• predator to prey

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

Which of the following statements accurately denotes the frequency of expression of dominant and recessive traits?

• Dominant traits = always / Recessive = never

• Dominant traits = never / Recessive = sometimes

• Dominant traits = always / Recessive = sometimes

• Dominant traits = sometimes / Recessive = sometimes

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Genetic material is primarily responsible for –

• removing cell waste.

• governing inherited traits

• creating new enzymes

• participating in digestion

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NGSS.MS-LS3-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Instructions are coded in the DNA as genes. Genes are located in -

• Chromosomes

• Lysosomes

• Ribsomes

• Golgi Bodies

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NGSS.MS-LS1-1

NGSS.MS-LS3-1