Heredity Warm Up

Heredity is

• the passing of traits from parents to offspring

• the passing of money to parents

• genes

• alleles affect inheritance

Which of the following features is NOT inherited?

• Skin color

• Tattoo

• Hair texture

• Color blindness

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You inherit half of your DNA from your mother and half from _______?

• Your father

• Your pet hamster

• Your grandmother

• Your sister

the passing of genetic traits from parent to offspring.

• heredity
• trait
• gene
• allele

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Which of these are characteristics of inherited traits?

• being able to speak in front of a crowd

• having green eyes and brown hair

• mastering your multiplication facts

• becoming a teacher

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A person who breeds animals keeps careful records of the fur color of parents and offspring from each generation. The fur color is a trait transferred from generation to generation.

What are the structures that carry the information for these traits called?

• organelles

• genes

• muscles

• cytoplasm

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A characteristic passed from parents to their offspring is called a __________________ trait.

• acquired

• inherited

• dominant

• recessive

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Which sentence is TRUE?

• Acquired traits are passed from parents to offspring
• Inherited traits are passed from parents to offspring
• Behaviors are never inherited
• Behaviors are always inherited 

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Knowing how to read a book is an example of

• a physical trait
• an inherited behavior
• a learned behavior 
• an inherited trait

Which of the following characteristics (traits) can be inherited?

• curly hair

• beautiful handwriting

• multiplying numbers

• playing a piano

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