Inherited traits

1. Mary and her siblings share similar hair color. Which of these cell components are most involved in determining the hair color of each sibling?

• Cytoplasm, chlorplast, and genes

• Gene, Chromosomes, and nucleus

• chromosomes, nucleus, and vacuoles

• Vacuoles, nucleus, and chormosomes

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How many total chromosomes are present in the nucleus of a cell?

How many chromosomes do you get from each parent?

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Which genetic material acts like the brain of a cell?

• Gene

• Nucleus

• DNA

• Chromosome

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Which genetic material is made up of DNA and is responsible for carrying genetic information from parents?

• Cell

• DNA

• Gene

• Chromosome

(a)   represents one trait.

The overall instruction for an organisms traits come from (a)  

This is the study of how traits are passed down from one generation to another

• Inheritance

• Heredity

• Gene

• Acquired

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Traits that you get from your experiences and the things you learn are

• Heredity

• Inherited

• Acquired

• Gene

Draw a picture that represents what all genetic material looks like in a cell (DNA, genes, chromosome, and nuclues

Answer explanation

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