Inheritance and Genetics

Long strands of DNA that contain lots of genes

• Chromosomes

• Gene

• Allele

• Trait

The basic unit of heredity: This controls a specific trait.

• Chromosome

• Gene

• Inherited Trait

A characteristic passed from parent to offspring is called an ________.

• inherited trait

• gene

• chromosome

• trait

The differences that occur from a mixture of genes is called _____________.

• Traits

• Genes

• Variation

• Chromosome

Please complete the sentence: The offspring of asexually reproducing organisms have genes that are __________ to that of their parent.

• recessive

• dominant

• identical

• different

Please complete the sentence: The offspring of sexually reproducing organisms have genes that are ___________ from that of their parents.

• identical

• dominant

• different

• recessive

Humans inherit traits from their _____________.

• offspring

• uncles and aunts

• parents

• siblings

In sexually reproducing organisms, each parent contributes ___________ of the genes acquired by the offspring.

• Half

• All

• None

Any individual offspring produced through asexual reproduction is always:

• different than the parent

• genetically identical to it's parents

• different than their siblings

Two children born to the same parents have many similarities, but overall, they have different appearances. How is this possible?