Genetics and Heredity

A deer inherits some of its features from its parents. Other features come from its environment. Which feature would a deer MOST likely inherit from its parents?

• a long scar

• brown eyes

• missing teeth

• a broken antler

The following are inherited traits of humans EXCEPT

• long hair

• blue eyes

• long eyelashes

• small dimples

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Which human trait is MOST likely inherited from a parent?

• learning to ride a bike

• holding a spoon

• reading a book

• height

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A set of traits an organism receives from its parents

• heredity
• DNA
• chromosome
• allele

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The carrier of genetic information

• DNA
• RNA
• phenotype
• nucleus

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Threadlike structures that carry DNA

• allele
• genotype
• chromosome
• phenotype

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Different forms of the same gene

• recessive
• dominant
• alleles
• genes

A characteristic that an organism can pass on to its offspring

• heredity
• punnett square
• trait
• phenotype

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A unit that determines a trait

• gene
• genetics
• genome
• jeans

the study of heredity

• hair studies
• genetics
• heredetics
• biology

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