Inherited Traits

What are INHERITED TRAITS?

• traits that are passed from parents to offspring

• traits that are passed from grandparents to grandchild

• traits that are passed from teacher to student

• traits that are passed from sibling to sibling

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Choose the best definition of HEREDITY

• transfer of traits from mother to daughter

• transfer of traits from father to son

• transfer of traits from one generation to the next

• transfer of traits from parents to grandchildren

What are GENES?

• what determines if you like to eat pizza

• what determines the traits that are passed from parents to offspring

• what determines if you have all your fingers and toes

• what determines the traits that are passed from sister to sister

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What is a DOMINANT TRAIT?

• a trait that is never seen

• a trait the is sometimes seen

• a trait you do not know you have

• a trait that is always seen

What is a RECESSIVE TRAIT?

• a trait that goes away when you are born

• a trait that gets hidden by the dominant trait

• a trait that takes over the dominant trait

• a trait that you can only see during a full moon

What is the job of the NUCLEUS?

• Stores the cells DNA only

• Stores the cells food source

•  Stores the cells energy

• Stores the cells hereditary material or DNA

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Define what a CHROMOSONE is

• thread-like structures that are found in the nucleus of a cell that contains all DNA

• rope-like structures that is found in DNA

• thread-like structures that are found in red blood cells

• rope-like structures that are found in the cell wall

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What is DNA?

• a cell that carries the genetic instructions for all living organisms and is found in the chromosomes

• molecule that carries the genetic instructions for all living organisms and is found in the chromosomes

• a chromosome within a chromosome that tells other chromosomes what to do

• a molecule that carries the energy for all living things and is found in the nucleus

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Who was Gregor Mendel?

• Father of Modern Genetics

• Born in 1922

• discovered the basic principles of heredity through experiments with pea plants

• Born in Germany

Where is DNA stored in the cell?

• Lysosomes

• Vacuole

• Nucleus

• Cytoplasm