Genetics and Heredity Week 3 Life Science

Passing the traits from a parent to its offspring is knows as ______________________.

• genetics

• Genes

• heredity

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A structure found in the nucleus of cells that is made of DNA.

• genes

• chromosomes

• allele

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

Each gene in a pair called

• allele

• trait

• genome

A set of genes that determine a trait.

• Genotype

• Phenotype

• DNA

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

The allele that appears as an observable trait

• Dominant

• Recessive

• Heredity

The physical appearance of an organism

• Genotype

• Phenotype

• Chromosome

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

The allele that is hidden if a dominant allele is present

• trait

• recessive

• gene

A genetically determined characteristic.

• Chromosome

• Trait

• Heredity

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

The study of how traits are inherited

• Heredity

• Genetics

• Genomes

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

A segment of DNA that determines the inheritance of a particular trait.

• Chromosomes

• Gene

• Allele