Heredity Review

What is the definition of heredity?

• The dominant trait in an organism

• The study of chromosomes

• The passing of genetic material from one generation to the next

• The genes that code for specific traits

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All of the following are examples of inherited traits EXCEPT...

• Eye color

• language

• freckles

• face shape

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Where is genetic information about traits stored?

• In waste in the vacoule

• On ribosomes in the cytoplasm

• In the structure of the cell membrane

• On chromosomes in the nucleus

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Fill in the blank: gene, DNA, _________, Nucleus, Cell

• chloroplast

• trait

• chromosome

• genetics

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All of the following store genetic information EXCEPT...

• Cytoplasm

• Gene

• Chromosome

• Nucleus

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"Genes" is another term for chromosomes.

• True

• False

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What is genetic material?

• components of a cell that remove waste

• learned behaviors of an organism

• found floating in the cytoplasm

• information that controls inherited traits

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