Review: Heredity and Genetics

The passing of physical characteristics from parents to offspring.

• hybrid

• heredity

• reviewing

• purchasing

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

The two gene combination found in DNA.

• phenotype

• menotype

• dnaotype

• genotype

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

What type of letter represents a recessive trait.

• lower case

• upper case

• consonant

• vowel

Dominant alleles are represented by this type of letter.

• vowel

• capital letter

• lower case letter

• vowel

An allele combination of two lower case letters.

• heterozygous

• homozygous dominant

• homozygous recessive

• heterozygous recessive

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

The number that describes how likely something may occur.

• ratio

• probability

• variable

• exponent

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NGSS.HS-LS4-3

The physical appearance of a trait in an organism.

• phenotype

• genotype

• physical type

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Another term for the two genes inherited from mother and father.

• jeans

• genes

• DNA

• allele

Two dominant genes paired together.

• homozygous recessive

• homozygous dominant

• heterozygous

• heterozygous dominant

A dominant and recessive trait paired together.

• heterozygous

• homozygous recessive

• homozygous dominant

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