3/12: Heredity Study Jams

The passing on of traits and physical features from parents to their children is called

• growing

• heredity

• nutrients

• photosynthesis

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

What are the set of instructions in each human cell that determine inherited physical features and other traits?

• chloroplast

• genes

• mitochondria

• vacuole

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Genes of children come from their parents.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

What is affected by your genes?

• how your body grows

• how your body looks

• if you are good at things

• all of these

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS3-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Children get one gene for eye color from their mom and one from their dad.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

Which genes are strong and in control?

• dominant

• recessive

Recessive genes are weaker and "hide" when paired with a dominant gene.

• True

• False

The only time you can "see" the trait for the recessive gene is when

• there is only one recessive in the pair

• the dad passes it to the child

• the mom passes it to the child

• both in the pair are recessive

An inherited trait is a feature an organism is

• born with

• given when they turn one

• is developed over time

• all of these

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

What do we call something that is taught or learned through experience?

• instinct

• inherited trait

• learned behavior

• none of these