2/12 - Exit Ticket - Heredity Intro Notes

Heredity is the passing of traits from _____________________ to _____________________

• predators to prey

• water to rain

• parents to offspring

• offspring to parents

If a child has red hair, they inherited a certain _______________ from their parents.

• ratio

• trait

• probability

• ability

True or False:

We get 1/2 of our genes from our mother and 1/2 of our genes from our father

• True

• False

In what way will a puppy always be like its parents?

• Be the same color
• Learn the same things
• Have the same body structures
• Live in the same places

Which of these parents will produce an offspring that does NOT look like its parents when it is you?

• Seagull
• Frog
• Lion
• Rattlesnake

Which example below is an inherited trait?

• tying your shoes

• reading a book

• the shape of someone's mouth

• the language someone speaks

This means Same Gene

• Dominant
• Recessive
• Heterozygous
• Homozygous

This means Different Gene

• Dominant
• Recessive
• Homozygous
• Heterozygous

The brown eye trait is dominant over blue eyes. Which of the following genotypes best represents the phenotype for blue eyes?

• BB

• Bb

• bb

• bB

Which genotype below represents a homozygous trait?

• Aa

• AA

• aA