Heredity

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

Why did Mendel choose to study pea plants in order to learn how traits are passed from parent to offspring?

• Pea plants grow quickly
• Pea plants are ultraviolet
• Pea plants are rare and expensive
• Pea plants are take years to grow

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

• ratio
• trait
• probability
• sex chromosome

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

True or False:  Recessive traits are ALWAYS present 

• True
• False

Which of the following pairs is homozygous dominant?

• Hh
• pp
• HH
• aa

Which of the following is heterozygous?

• Hh
• gg
• HH
• GG

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NGSS.HS-LS4-3

The different forms of a gene

• heredity
• genetics
• gene
• alleles

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NGSS.HS-LS4-3

This trait always shows up in an organism when the allele is present

• dominant allele
• codominance
• probability
• recessive allele

This trait is hidden whenever the dominant allele is present

• dominant allele
• codominance
• recessive allele
• Punnett Square

A chart that shows all the possible combinations of alleles that can result from a genetic cross

• dominant allele
• codominance
• probability
• Punnett Square