Max Axiom: Decoding Genes

The process called _______ means parents pass on their traits to kids.

• Heredity

• Genes

• Dominant

• Recessive

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-2

The body uses a special set of directions called _________ to build traits in the __________.

• Heredity,Genes

• Genes, phenotype

• Phenotype, Genes

• Hereditary, dominant

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Back in 1860, ______________ became the father of Genetics.

• Drake

• Howie Mendel

• Gregor Mendel

• Bill Nye

An offspring has ___ copies of each Gene. These copies are called _______.

• 4, Hereditary

• 2, 7

• Genes, 2

• 2, Alleles

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

Since yellow is ______________, the plants need two copies of the yellow allele to have yellow pods.

• Recessive

• Dominant

• Yellow

• Hereditary

Genes make __________.

• Hereditary

• Phenotypes

• Bones

• Hair

_______ copy comes from each parent.

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 1

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-2

_______ Alleles hide recessive ones.

• Dominant

• Recessive

• Heterozygous

• None of the above

The allele for dimples is ________________ to the allele for no dimples.

• Recessive

• Genetic

• Dominant

• mutation

The directions come from the _________________, which is the command center of the cell.

• Protein

• Nucleus

• Cytoplasn

• Vacuole

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2