Inheritance Practice

The passing of traits from parents to offspring.

• Genetics

• Inheritance

• Heredity

• Gene

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The study of how traits are passed from parents to offspring.

• Heredity

• Genetics

• Reproduction

• DNA

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Traits that are passed directly from the parent to the offspring.

• Aquired

• Inherited

• Genetic

• Dominant

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Traits that are not passed down through genes and are generally a product of the environments influence.

• Acquired

• Inherited

• Recessive

• Dominant

Which of these would be acquired traits?

• Being able to play the drums

• Scar on your arm

• Your eye color is blue

• You can roll your tongue

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The Father of Genetics

• Gregor Mendel

• Gregor Mendalon

• Greg Mandion

• Mrs. Taylor

What did Gregor Mendel use to perform his experiments when he was studying genetics?

• Apple Trees

• Pea Plants

• Rose Bushes

• Mice

Chromosome are found

• In the nucleus of an organisms cells

• In the organisms blood

• In the organisms hair

• All over in the organism

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An organism has how many copies of each chromosome?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Why do organisms have 2 copies of each chromosome?

• They duplicate each chromosome

• One comes from 'mom' and one comes from 'dad'

• Each parents copies their chromosomes for the offspring

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