Heredity and Genetics Study Quiz

Heterozygous is when...

• the alleles are the same
• the alleles are different
• the alleles are absent
• the alleles are present

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

What you see, or the physical appearance.

• Genotype
• Phenotype
• Homozygous
• Heterozygous

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NGSS.HS-LS4-3

Which characteristic would most likely be inherited by a baby?

• brown hair
• crying a lot
• ability to jump high
• his ability to talk

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NGSS.MS-LS3-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

How many chromosomes do humans have?

• 46

• 23

• 96

• 21

• 43

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

The dominant trait is

• yellow pea seeds
• green pea seeds
• there is no dominant seed
• Jolly green giant

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Which of the following best describes a DNA molecule?

• double helix
• contains ribose
• made of amino acids
• contains uracil

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NGSS.HS-LS1-1

What are the four nitrogen bases?

• adenine, thymine, guanine, cytosine
• adenine, lysine, prolene, guanine
• arganine, cytosine, lysine, purine
• lysine, cytosine, lucine, guanine

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NGSS.MS-LS3-1

What kind of information does DNA carry?

• genetic
• nuclear
• cell structure
• it doesn't carry any info

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NGSS.MS-LS3-1

NGSS.MS-LS3-2

Every living thing has genetic information stored in the form of

• Ribosomes

• DNA

• Chloroplast

• Mitochondria

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NGSS.MS-LS3-1

NGSS.MS-LS3-2

If two alleles are the same for a certain trait they are considered

• Homozygous

• Twins

• Heterozygous

• Common