DNA & GENETICS 2023

Heredity is....

• The passing of traits from parent to offspring

• What I get from grandpa when he goes back to King Kai

• A hidden trait

• The strongest trait

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-2

Which is a dominant trait

• Bb

• bb

• aa

• cc

Which is recessive

• Bb

• BB

• bb

• Ab

A dominant trait is....

• A trait that is always hidden

• A trait that always comes out

• A mutation

• An angry gene

A recessive trait is

• None of these

• A trait that only happens in mom's side of the family

• A trait that always beats the dominant trait

• A trait that always hides from the dominant trait

Gerry and his wife both have blue eyes, which is a recessive trait. Which is true about their baby?

• He's adopted

• The baby will not inherit their traits

• The baby will be blue eyed

• The baby will have brown hair

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

A flower garden has 300 flowers, and 250 of them are purple flowers, and the other 50 are white flowers. Which of the following is true?

• He doesn't have enough pollen spreaders

• The purple flowers are dominant

• The white flowers will eventually overpower the purple

• He is using a soil that helps boost his plant growth rate

Gregor Mendel cross different flowers to study how.....

• traits were being passed on

• flowers grew from seeds

• a sickness in plants was spreading

• none of these

genetics is the study of

• animal genes

• how blue-eyed babies are born

• family characteristics

• how traits are passed on

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-2

True or false: A recessive trait is a trait that comes out very often in large families

• True

• False