🎮Heredity & Genetics Practice

An organism's physical appearance or visible traits (a)  

• genotype
• gene
• inherit
• phenotype

What is an example of an inherited trait? (a)  

• Being a fast runner
• Having brown eyes
• Having nice writing
• Having nice shoes

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List the correct order from smallest to largest.

• nucleus, gene, chromosome, DNA
• gene, DNA, chromosome, nucleus
• chromosome,gene, DNA, nucleus
• DNA, nucleus, chromosome, gene

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The basic physical and functional unit of heredity made up of DNA.

• Trait
• Genes
• Cell
• Proteins

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Deoxyribonucleic acid, genetic material with the ability to make copies of itself.

• DNA
• Genes
• Cell
• Trait

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A characteristic of an organism can be genetic or acquired.

• Variants
• Translation
• Trait
• Genes

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______ are responsible for the inherited characteristics that distinguish one individual from another.

• Genes
• Billie Jean
• Jeans
• Chromosome

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Which section of the picture shows the chromosome?

• Z

• W

• X

• Y

• V

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Which section of the picture shows a gene?

• Z

• W

• X

• Y

• V

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Which section of the picture shows the nucleus?

• Z

• W

• X

• Y

• V

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