Genetics-Punnett Squares

Who is considered the father of genetics?

• Mendel

• Einstein

• Hawking

• Edison

Match the following

• Show even if only one parent passes the gene to the child

• Recessive Traits

• Show when both parents pass the gene to the child

• Dominant Traits

• Hide other traits when passed to the offspring

• Dominant Traits

• Get hidden by other traits

• Recessive Traits

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

both alleles for a trait are recessive

• homozygous dominant

• homozygous

• homozygous recessive

• heterozygous

the combination of alleles that are inherited from parents

• phenotype

• gene

• genotype

• homozygous

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

a version of a gene

• dominant allele

• recessive allele

• allele

• phenotype

both alleles for a trait are dominant

• heterozygous

• homozygous dominant

• homozygous recessive

• homozygous

having two identical alleles for a particular gene

• heterozygous

• homozygous

• chromosome

• genotype

a diagram that predicts the chances of an offspring having a trait

• punnett square

• genotype

• phenotype

• allele

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NGSS.HS-LS3-3

A heterozygous long-tusked elephant is crossed with a homozygous recessive short-tusked elephant. What is the probability of the offspring having short tusks? (a)  

• 0%
• 25%
• 50%
• 75%

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Leonardo bet his friend Olivet that two heterozygous green-eyed sea monsters could not have a recessive blue-eyed baby sea monster. Olivet said they can have a blue-eyed sea monster.
Who wins the bet?

• Leonardo
• Olivet
• Both
• Neither

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2