Module 4 Heredity Practice Test

a variation of a specific gene

• Allele

• Genotype

• Recessive

• Phenotype

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

creation of offspring involving one parent

• Sexual reproduction

• Asexual reproduction

• Recessive

• Phenotype

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-2

a gene that will be expressed if a living thing inherits at least one dominant allele for a given trait

• Genotype

• Recessive

• Phenotype

• Dominant

a gene that will be expressed if a living thing inherits both recessive alleles for a given trait

• Genotype

• Recessive

• Phenotype

• Dominant

selecting organisms with desired traits to breed producing offspring with the desired characteristics

• Genetic engineering

• Biotechnology

• Artificial selection

• Cloning

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-5

a scientific field that uses technology to purposefully change living things

• Genetic engineering

• Biotechnology

• Artificial selection

• Cloning

the process of using egg cells from an individual to produce a new organism that is genetically identical to the original

• Genetic engineering

• Biotechnology

• Artificial selection

• Cloning

What is a species?

• a group of animals that look alike

• a group of organisms that look similar and can reproduce fertile offspring

• animals from the same family

• plants from the same category

What does DNA stand for?

• Deoxy Natural Artifact

• Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid

• Deoxyribose Natural Acid

• Deoxyribose Nucleic Artifact

genetic information in the cells of all living things

• DNA

• Biotechnology

• Cytoplasm

• Cloning

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-2

NGSS.MS-LS3-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-4