heredity

This is the combination of genes from your mom and dad.

• Phenotype

• Allele

• Genotype

• Dominant

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

This is a gene that you get from your mom or dad. (a)  

• Phenotype
• Genotype
• Allele
• Recessive

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

These are the traits we see because of the genotype (a)  

• Recessive
• Dominant
• Allele
• Phenotype

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

Heredity is the passing of traits from _____________________ to _____________________

• predators to prey
• water to rain
• parents to offspring
• fungi to protists

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

___________________________ is the study of how traits are passed on, or inherited.

• dominant traits
• ratio
• phenotype
• genetics

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

If a child has red hair, they inherited a certain _______________ from their parents.

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

One trait that is ALWAYS present and causes the other traits to disappear is a ________________________

• recessive trait
• aggressive trait
• absent trait
• dominant trait

Which of the following pairs is homozygous dominant?

• Hh
• pp
• HH
• aa

Which of the following is heterozygous? (a)  

• Hh
• gg
• HH
• GG

Which characteristic would a child not inherit from one or both of its parents?

• freckles
• hair style
• eye color
• dimples

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2